Work

By David H Simpson
  • 1507

    America was discovered

  • Period: 1507 to

    Regin of Henry VIII

  • 1588

    Spanish influence in the New World declines and English imperial interests widens.
  • Period: to

    Regin of James I

  • 1620

    The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists.
    On November 11, the Mayflower Compact is signed, establishing a form of local government at Plymouth.
    The first public library in the colonies is organized in Virginia with books donated by English landowners.