Timeline for unit 2

  • 1490

    Spain becomes United

    Spain was not united for a while but they became united as a plan to strengthen spain even further.
  • 1492

    Columbus lands in Bahamas

    This marks a beginning of interest in expansion and exploration in Columbus.
  • 1513

    ponce de leon explores florida

    This starts to further the explorers ideas on where they could go to get the most land and power.
  • Jamestown Colony

    First successful colony, in Virginia, settled in 1607 that helped to start out the Americas
  • first anglo powhatan wars end

    the end of the first major conflict between the europeans and the natives in America.
  • second anglo powhatan war

    This marked the beginning of the idea that conflict with the natives would be a constant issue.