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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of the New World
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World. Christopher Columbus was a native Portuguese however was unable to gain support for his voyage from his native country. However, the Spanish Queen Isabella choose to support the journey in order to find a quick way to India. Christopher Columbus failed to achieve his goal but, but did discovery a whole new world with it own resources and native cultural. Columbus originally only landed in Haiti and and the Islands of San Salvador. -
"Lost Colony" of Roanoke
Roanoke was the first English colony. The Roanoke colony struggle for a short period until it completely disappeared without a trace. The Roanoke colony was located off the coast of Virginia . -
England Sole Superpower
In 1588 England was able to defeat the Spanish "Invincible Armada." This defeat crippled the Spanish Empire -
Jamestown 1607
Colony supported by the Virginia company of London. Named the first colony Jamestown in honor of King James I who had given them the charter. -
John Smith Arrives in Virginia
Jamestown was dying because the colonists simply wanted to search for gold. John Smith arrived to lead the colony under the rule of "He who shall not work shall not eat" -
John Rolfe and Tobacco
Perfected the method of growing tobacco and thus economically saved Jamestown. -
New Jersey
First Dutch Colony business focused -
Virginia House of Burgesses
Birth of Representative Free government -
Pilgrims land in the new world
Puritan Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620. Before actually landing the Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact which require the people to submit to the will of the majority. This would be the stepping stones of self-government and greatly influence the United States Constitution. William Bradford was the original Governor of Plymouth. -
New Hampshire
John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges founded the colony of New Hampshire. The economy of New Hampshire was based around the fishing and shipping industry. There was a land dispute between Massachusetts colony and New Hampshire until 1741. -
Royal Colony
King James I detested tobacco and the representative House of Burgess viewing it as a challenge to rein. In 1624, revoked Virginia Company's charter and forced Virginia to become a royal colony directly under his control. -
New York
Dutch West India Company officially purchased Manhattan Island for $24 an acre from the Indians. The Dutch settlers were not interested in religious freedom, free speech, or democratic practices unlike the other colonies. The New York colony was established to operate as a business. -
Massachusetts Bay Company
Massachusetts Bay Company was originally founded under the influence of Church of England wishing solve its impurities. John Winthrop was the colony's first government well known for saying that Massachusetts would be the, " city upon the hill." Plymouth Colony would soon be absorbed into the Massachusetts colony -
Creation of Maryland
Maryland was created by Lord Baltimore to reap financial gain and also to seek religious freedom after Protestant England had began to persecute Catholics. -
Rhode Island is Born
Roger Williams was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Roger Williams want the Massachusetts Bay Colony to cleanly break away from the Church in England because how corrupt the church had become. Created the first Baptist church and established a true religiously free colony of Rhode Island. -
Connecticut Founded
Connecticut was founded by Massachusetts Bay Colony members that wanted to create a closer church-government relationship. -
Delaware
Delaware was originally settled in 1631 unfortunately the original colonists where killed by native Indians. The Swedes originally settled the colony until the Dutch forcibly removed them 1655. In 1664 the English removed the Dutch. -
King Charles II and South Carolina
King Charles II created Carolina in 1670 as a gift to eight of his courts favorites "Lords Proprietors" -
William Penn's Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was one of the most popular colonies. William Penn had a built a positive relationship with the Indians in the area. The government was a representative assembly where all landowners could vote. -
Virginia's outcast create North Carolina
Officially separated from South Carolina in 1712. North Carolina was inhabitant by the poor. North Carolina was the most independent-minded, most democratic, and the least aristocratic of the original thirteen colonies. -
Georgia "The Buffer State"
Georgia was created 126 years after the original colony of Virginia was established. Georgia was created as the buffer colony to protect the extremely valuable Southern and Northern Carolina.
