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Mar 6, 1492
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of goods and animals from the New World to the Old World and the other way around. -
Walter Raleigh sent 100+ men to Roanoke Island
Queen Elizabeth allowed Walter Raleigh to send 100+ men to Roanoke Island. -
Men Killed
When John White came back to Roanoke Island, he found out that the me in the fort were killed my his people. -
CROATOAN
John White returned to Roanoke Island and nobody was there, the only evidence of people there was a word carved in a tree, the word was "CROATOAN." -
The first colony was founded!
60 men established Jamestown as the first permanent English colony. -
Returning to England
Captain Smith came back to England in 1609 when he became ill. -
Plymouth Rock
The New England settlers traveled to a rocky harbor called "Plymouth," they found a humongous rock that they named "Plymouth Rock." The rock still sits there today. -
Mayflower Compact
Oceanus's parents signed the Mayflower Compact, it was the very first written constitution and it show the beginning of democracy in the New World -
William Penn
William sent people from England to Pennsylvania -
Independence!
On July 4th, 1776, America became free from Britain's rulership.
