The Cool Colonies

By CGerhardstein
  • Conquistadors
    1500

    Conquistadors

    Conquistadors land in the Americas.
  • Period: 1500 to

    The Cool Colonies

  • Fort in Florida
    1565

    Fort in Florida

    Spain builds a fort in St. Augustine,Florida .
  • Walter Raleigh

    Walter Raleigh

    Queen Elizabeth allows Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Colonists land in Jamestown. Jamestown is the first English settlement that was successful .
  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims

    Pilgrims land in Plymouth, Massachusetts .
  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    The first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts . It lasted 3-5 days .
  • Massachusetts Bay

    Massachusetts Bay

    Puritans from England set up the Massachusetts Bay colony.
  • Land for William Penn

    Land for William Penn

    King Charles the Second gave William Penn land in the New World .
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania.
  • The Plantation

    The Plantation

    Plantations in the Southern Colonies rely on slaves.