13 Colonies

By marta.vai

  • Roanoke Island settlement

    Group of colonists (91 men, 17 women and 9 children) settled on the Island of Roanoke. First English settlement.

  • Colony vanished entirely

    Colony had vanished entirely and historians still don't know what happened to it.

  • Division of Atlantic Seabord

    King James I issued royal charter which divided the Atlantic Seaboard in two.

  • London company sends men to Virginia

    The London company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships: The Godspeed, The Discovery and The Susan Constant.

  • Men reached Chesapeake Bay

    The 144 men reached the Chesapeake Bay and headed 60 miles up the James River, where they built a settlement, Jamestown.

  • Virginia settler's learned how to grow tobacco

    Tobacco was learned how to grow, by the Virginia Settler's.

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

    First slaves arrived to Virginia, which were African.

  • Pilgrims arrived to Plymouth

    Small groups of pilgrims, which were the first English emigrants, arrived in Plymouth.

  • King revoked Virginia company's charter

    King revoked Virginia company's charter and became royal colony.

  • Massachusetts bay company sent a group of pilgrims to establish another Massachusetts settlement

    The company sent a much larger of pilgrims to establish another Massachusetts settlement.

  • Cecilius Calvert was granted land at the top of Chesapeake bay

    Twelve million acres of land granted to Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore.

  • King Charles II gave territory to his brother

    King Charles II gave territory between New England and Virginia (already occupied by Dutch traders and landowners) to his brother, the Duke of York.

  • Connecticut and New Haven combined after pilgrims formed them

    Pilgrims who thought that Massachusetts wasn't devoutly religious enough formed Connecticut and New Haven, which then combined.

  • William Penn was granted land West of Delaware

    King granted 45,000 square miles of land West of Delaware river to William Penn, a quaker with lots of land in Netherland.

  • Southern Colonies split

    The Colonies split.

  • James Oglethorpe established the Georgia Colony

    Inspired to build a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish settlements in Florida, the Englishman James Oglethorpe established the Georgia Colony.