>The establishment of the Colonies of United States
Timeline of the Major Events in the Founding of the Colonies
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The first attempt to start a colony failed |
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1588 Spanish Armada Defeated
This battle guaranteed that the English would rule North America |
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1607 Jamestown Founded
The first successful colony was founded here |
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1610 Spanish Founded Sante Fe
The Spanish extended the cliam to North America by founding Sante Fe |
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1614 Pocahontas Weds John Rolfe In a story the Disney would make famous Pocahontas marries John Rolfe |
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1618 First Blacks Brought to America Slavery Began in North America when the first blacks were brought as indentured servants |
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1620 Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock The most famous ship brings the first settlers to New England |
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1622 New Hampshire Founded A seperate colony was established and eventually became the state of New Hampshire |
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1624 New Netherlands Founded The Dutch established their first and only colony in North America |
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1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded Boston was founded and with it the Mass Bay Colony |
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1634 Catholics Found Maryland The first colony was established for Catholics it became Maryland |
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1635 Roger Williams Founds Rhode Island Looking for greater freedom Roger Williams founded a new colony Rhode Island |
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1637 Settlers Kill 500 The settlers of New England fought a war with the Pequot Indians. |
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1638 Connecticut Founded Settlers from Massachusetts founded a new colony Connecticut |
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1638 New Sweden Founded Delaware was founded by Swedes |
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1654 First Jews Arrive Jews who had fled from the Portuguese Empire arrived at the colony of New Netherlands |
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1659 Quakers Executed The views of the Quakers were not tolerated in the Bay Colony |
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1660 Quaker Woman Hanged After returning the colony Mary Dyler was hung |
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1663 Carolinas Founded The colonies of the Carolinas was founded by the English |
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1664 Dutch Yield New Netherlands The Dutch were forced to give up their colony to the British |
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1665 New Jersey Founded New Jersey was seperated from New York and became its own colony |
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1667 Bacon Rebellion The first rebellion in North America took place in Virginia |
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1681 Pennsylvania Founded William Penn founded Pennsylvania. It was to be a Quaker colony |
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1682 LaSalle Claims the Mississippi The biggest river in North America was cliamed by La Salle for Spain |
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1690 Salem Witchery Many women in Salem were accused of being witches |
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1733 Georgia Founded A colony was established for the poor it was called Geogia |
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1739 Slave Rebellion The first slave rebellion in North America took place in Virginia |