Colonization and Exploration Timeline

By Charmon Hart
  • May 6, 1000

    1000

    1000
    Leif Ericson discovers Vinland
  • Period: Dec 31, 1000 to

    Colonization and Exploration Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    1492

    1492
    Columbus discovers the New World.
  • May 6, 1507

    1507

    New World named after Americus Vespucius.

  • 1584

    1584
    Raleigh sends first expedition to America

  • 1607

    1607
    Founding of Jamestown, Virginia.

  • 1619

    1619
    First assembly meets at Jamestown. Slaves first sold in Virginia.

  • 1620

    1620
    Coming of the Pilgrims in the Mayflower.

  • 1634

    1634
    Maryland first settled by Calvert.

  • 1662

    Connecticut charter granted.

  • 1663

    Charter granted to Rhode Island.
    Charter for the Carolinas granted.

  • 1665

    Stuyvesant conquers the Swedes in Delaware.