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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Events
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Roanoke Colony
In 1587, when a group of colonists (91 men, 17 women and nine children) led by Sir Walter Raleigh settled on the island of Roanoke. -
the Roanoke colony vanishes
Mysteriously, by 1590 the Roanoke colony had vanished entirely. Historians still do not know what became of its inhabitants. -
King James 1 divides the Atlantic seaboard
In 1606, King James 1 divided the atlantic seaboard in two, giving the southern half to the Londan company (later the virginia company) and than the northern half to the Plymouth company.The first English settlement in north america had actually been established some 20 years befor.In 1606, just a few months after James 1 issued its charter, the londan company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships : the Godspeed, the Discovery and the Susan Constant. -
Virginia becomes the first colony
Virginia is found under a patent for the Londan company and becomes the first British colony in north america.Jamestown, Virginia is the first permanent english settlement. -
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary war (1775-1783)the american war of independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britian and the thirteen Colonies. Gradually it grew into a world war between Britian on one side and the newly formed United States, France, Netherlands, Spain, and Mysore on the other. -
The corps of discovery departs.
Throughout 1803 (and even earlier in 1802), President Thomas Jefferson and Captain Meriwether Lewis were planning the mission to find an uninterrupted waterway to the Pacific, the famous 'Northwest Passage". -
The Battle of Alamo
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army outside of San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. While the facts surrounding the seige of the Alamo continue to be debated, there is no doubt that people worldwide continue to remember the Alamo as a herioc struggle against impossible odds and ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
