Colanization era timeline

By Whitaker Preston
  • Oct 12, 1492

    columbus encountered the New World for the first time

    After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean Columbus believes he reached East Asia but it turned out it was the "New World".
  • Sep 9, 1500

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto arrived in the West Indies at a young age.
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier Sailed the St. Lawrence

    Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to explore the northern American lands in hope to find riches.
  • Sep 9, 1541

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

  • Period: Sep 10, 1570 to

    Samuel de Champlain

    A French explorer who found the city of Quebec
  • Period: to

    John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

  • Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

  • Jamestown, Virgina founded

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts founded

  • South Carolina colony founded

  • Beaver WArs

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

  • Period: to

    The Pueblo Revolt

  • Pennsylvania Colony founded

  • Georgia Colony founded