The columbus era

By jsimpson

  • Roanoke

    English colony was established and then later it failed

  • Jamestown

    John Smith and other English settles established Jamestown,VA

  • Plymouth

    Pilgrims land at Plymouth and they wish to seperate from the Anglcan church

  • Massachusetts bay

    Puritans founded the Massachusets Bay colony and they want a pure form of Anglican Church religion

  • William Penn

    William Penn receives charter from Pensylvania

  • New Amsterdam

    England takes New Amsterdam from the Dutch

  • salem

    Salem witchcraft trials are held

  • population

    circa 1700 colonial population reaches 257,000

  • stono

    enslaved africans revolt in stono rebellion

  • population

    population of the English colonies passes the one million mark.