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Dec 12, 1492
Columbus sails to the new world
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Sir Walter Raleigh starts a colony on the island of Roanoke
Colony fails when he comes back from Europe and nobody remains -
Virginia Dare, first European child born in America
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King James I divided the Atlantic seaboard in two, giving the southern half to the London Company (later the Virginia Company) and the northern half to the Plymouth Company.
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Jamestown was formed
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More men and supplies sent to Jamestown
Not only to help the failing colony but boost the tobacco growth -
First African slaves came over to the new world In Jamestown to help with tobacco growth
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Pilgrims came over for religous freedom in Massachusetts
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The first thanksgiving
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Crown gave Cecilius Calvert 12 million acres of land to form the colony of Maryland
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William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylavania
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War between England and France was officially declared, The french and Indian war,To send England in debt for the revolutionary war
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Treaty of Paris signed, Gave England the terretories. England, in debt, taxed the colonies until they were 100% fed up and later revolted