The American Colonies

Merchantilism

Oct 20, 1600

*England Practiced Merchantilism

Colonists arrive in America

Apr 26, 1607

*The first 105 colonists sent by the London Company arrived in America

Founding of Jamestown

May 14, 1607

*Colonists sent by the London Company founded Jamestown 40 miles up the James river in Virginia

Jhon Smith

May 14, 1608

*Jhon Smith takes control of Jamestown and builds a fort around it

Pilgrims on the move

Oct 21, 1608

*Pilgrims move to the Netherlands

More Settlers arrive in Jamestown

Oct 20, 1609

*Some 400 more settlers arrive in Jamestown

Less settlers are alive

Oct 20, 1610

*60 colonists were still alive in Jamestown.

The Dutch in America

Oct 20, 1613

*The Dutch founded New-Netherlands.

Slaves

Oct 20, 1619

*A Dutch ship brought the first slaves to Virginia.

To America

Oct 20, 1619

*(1600s)The pilgrim's left England

Mayflower Leaves

Sep 16, 1620

*The Ship carrying the pilgrims a.k.a. The Mayflower left England

George Calbert

Oct 20, 1620

*(1620s)George Calbert asked King James I for a charter to establish a new colony in America for Catholics

Englands Economy

Oct 21, 1620

*(1620s)Englands Economy suffered

Mayflower Compact

Nov 21, 1620

• 41 male passengers of the Mayflower sign the Mayflower Compact

An Indian

Mar 21, 1621

Samoset walked into the colonists settlement

Colonists Killed a Powhatan leader

Oct 20, 1622

• The colonists of Jamestown killed a leader of the nearby Powhatan indians.

Virginia becomes a Royal Colony

Oct 20, 1624

*In 1624 because the London Company couldn't protect their settlers the British Crown cancelled the company's charter, and Virginia became a Royal Colony

More people in Jamestown

Oct 20, 1625

• New settlers arrived in Jamestown

Plymouth Rock

Oct 20, 1628

*(late 1620s) pilgrims arrive at Plymouth rock

A lot of English leave England

Oct 21, 1629

*(between 1629-1640) a lot of people left England

Charter Granted

Oct 20, 1632

• King Charles I issued a charter to Calvert's son

Colony for Catholics

Oct 20, 1634

• A group of 200 English Catholics came to Maryland

Protestants

Oct 20, 1640

*(1640s)Protestants began moving to Maryland

A long time in slavery

Oct 20, 1650

• (mid-1600s)African Americans in Virginia were being kept in slavery a long time.

Navigation Acts

Oct 20, 1650

*(1650-1696)Parliament passed a series of Navigation acts

Colonists Protest

Oct 20, 1651

*(mid-1600s)Poor colonists protest higher taxes.

A lot of Land

Oct 20, 1663

King Charles II gave away much of the land between Virginia and Spanish Florida

Main Labor Force

Oct 21, 1700

• (1700s)Slaves become the main labor force in the Americas

The Carolina's are created

Oct 20, 1712

• Carolina split into North and South Carolina

New Government

Oct 21, 1719

*Proprietary Government is overthrown

The Crown made a purchase

Oct 21, 1729

• The English crown purchased North and South Carolina

A lot of slaves

Oct 21, 1730

*20,000 enslaved Africans were living in South Carolina

Oglethrope gets a charter

Oct 21, 1732

• King George II granted Oglethorpe a charter

Savannah

Oct 21, 1733

• Oglethrope founds the city of Savannah

Gerogia

Oct 21, 1752

*Georgia is made a Royal Colony

Fighting starts

Oct 21, 1756

• Fighting began in Europe, leading up to the Seven Years' War

Rebellion

May 21, 1763

• Pontiac's Rebellion began

Treaty of Paris

Oct 21, 1763

• France and Britain sign the treaty of Paris

Stamp Act

Oct 21, 1765

• Stampt act issued

Townshed Act

Oct 21, 1767

• Parliment passed the townshed act

Tea Act

Oct 21, 1773

• Tea Act passed by Parliment