Early English Timeline

columbus first voyage

Oct 12, 1492

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm
Christopher Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World, funded by the Spanish Crown, seeking a western sea route to Asia.

Roanoke Island

Aug 18, 1585

http://roanokeisland.net/
First things first: Roanoke Island contains the town of Manteo as well as the village of Wanchese.

Spanish Armada defeated

Jul 29, 1588

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-armada-defeated
the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake.

Jamestown

May 13, 1607

http://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/
It was built about 60 miles from Chesapeak bay. But disease, famine, and sporadic attacks from the neighboring Powhatan Indians took a tremendous toll on the population.

Europe invades the North Americas

Oct 1, 1615

http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1818The European invasion of North America was in its infancy. Contact between the Indian nations and the Europeans was largely in the form of explorers, missionaries, and fur traders

King James declares Royal Colony

Apr 23, 1618

<a href='http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=charles2'
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/James_VI_and_I_1566-1625
He also commissioned the rich and poetic translation of the Bible that is known as the King James Bible. James died in 1625 and was succeeded by his son, who ruled as Charles

Colonists can own land

Sep 30, 1618

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/2027But because Europeans and American Indians had very different ideas about what it meant to buy and to own land these deals actually could cause as much conflict as they prevented

House of burgesses meets

May 30, 1619

http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp
Spain and France had absolute monarchies, but Britain had a limited monarchy.

Dutch bring Africans

Aug 30, 1619

http://www.indyweek.com/sports/archives/2010/07/08/a-short-history-of-the-dutch-in-south-africa-1652-2010
Also significant for South Africa’s subsequent history is the fact that the white colonial settlement had sharp “gradations of status and wealth,” as historian Leonard Thompson puts it. Colony administrators and a few wealthy farmers controlled land and resources.

Virginia Company sends women

Sep 30, 1620

http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/Curriculum-Materials/Women_in_Early_VA.pdf
140 maids to the colony.