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Colonization and Exploration TImeline

By Grayhunter823
  • Nov 16, 1000

    Happy Leif Erikson day

    Happy Leif Erikson day
    Leif Erikson discovers VInland
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Fraud

    The Fraud
    Christopher Columbus ''discovers'' the New World
  • May 6, 1507

    The New World is given a name

    The New World is given a name
    New World named after Americus Vespucius

  • First Expedition

    First Expedition
    Raleigh sends first expedition

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown is founded

  • There's a first time for everything

    There's a first time for everything
    First assembly held in Jamestown. First slave sold in Virginia

  • Mayflower

    Mayflower
    The pilgrims travel in the Mayflower

  • Maryland settled by Calvert

    Maryland settled by Calvert

  • And you get a charter. And you get a charter. Everyone gets a charter!

    And you get a charter. And you get a charter. Everyone gets a charter!
    Connecticut gets a charter.
    1663: Carolina and Rhode island get a charter

  • New Amsterdam conquered

    New Amsterdam conquered
    New Amsterdam conquered by the English, and New Jersey given to Duke of York