Social Studies Year Long Time Line By pgordon Jan 1, 1453 Age Of Exploration After the Fall of Rome Searching For Faster Trade Routes Sep 5, 1492 Columbus arrival in the new world Thought it was West Indies instead it was Bahamas,named it San Salvador, also named the people Indians because he thought he was in India Dec 3, 1585 First English Colony of Roanoke Later abandoned Dec 3, 1607 Settlement of Jamestown Dec 3, 1620 Arrival of Mayflower to New World Dec 3, 1620 Settlement of Plymoth Dec 3, 1775 Revolutionary War Begins Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Dec 3, 1790 Sturbridge Village