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1500
Slave trade starts
Slave trade begins. -
Period: 1500 to
The Cool Colonies
1500 to 1700 -
1565
Spain builds a fort in St . Augustine, Florida
Spain builds a fort in St . Augustine -
Roanoke
The Queen at the time allowed Walter Raleigh to send over 100 men to the Roanoke Colony. -
The colonists are killed in Roanoke.
The colonists are killed in The Colony Of Roanoke giving it the name The Lost Colony. -
Colonists arrive in Jamestown
The colonists arrive in Jamestown in Virginia. Jamestown was also the first permanent settlement. -
The Pilgrims and Puritans arrived in Massachusetts
The Pilgrims and Puritans arrived Massachusetts for Religious freedom. -
Puritans set up Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Puritans set up Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. -
Metacom leads a fight.
Metacom leads a fight in New England against settlers. -
William Penn finds a colony
William Penn finds the colony of Pennsylvania. -
Plantations use slaves.
Plantations start to use African slaves heavily.