Colonial Timeline

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  • 1517

    Protestant Refromation

    Catholic monk accused the Catholic church of corruption, his attack spread to other countries.

  • House of Burgesses

    First legislature in the colonies, idea of citizen-led government and American democracy. Virginia was a self governing colony.

  • Mayflower

    Journeyed across the Atlantic to find the Plymouth colony. 102 passengers total

  • English Civil war

    Struggle between King Charles I and parliament

  • Jamestown

    The first permanent English settlement.

  • Massachusetts

    Founded by John Winthrop to be an example for the world

  • MaryLand

    Proprietary colony, was granted land by King Charles to Lord Baltimore.

  • Connecticut

    One of the New England colonies, joined the others in the rebellion against Great Britain

  • Rhode Island

    Different religious beliefs were tolerate.

  • New Jersey

    Established from land between Delaware Bay and the Connecticut River. Offered generous land grants, religious freedom, and right to have a legislative assembly.

  • New York

    England took new Netherlands from the dutch and renamed it New York.

  • King Phillips War

    King Phillip United neighboring Indians for a last-ditched attack.

  • Pennsylvania

    Was created to be a place of political and religious freedom, treated the Natives fairly, and provided an elected assembly.

  • Delaware

    Became a colony when Penn bought three counties South of Pennsylvania

  • Carolina

    S. Charles II awarded the Carolinas to his friends and was not divided until 1712. The Lord Proprietors found tobacco as their cash crop.

  • New Hampshire

    Became a royal colony and Maine

  • Georgia

    Georgia became a royal colony in 1751 and lived 2.5 million people by 1775.