Thirteen Colonies Tick-Tock Timeline

By ClaireH@sjavb
  • Period: 1500 to

    Thirteen Colonies Tick-Tock Timeline

  • Roanoke

    Roanoke
    Queen Elizabeth sends Walter Raleigh and over 100 men from England to Roanoke.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    A group of over 100 men landed in the James River. This was also America's first permanent English colony.

  • John Smith

    John Smith
    John Smith returns to England due to a gunpowder injury.

  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses
    The first elected assembly was established in Jamestown.

  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    Pilgrims come in search of religious freedom in the New World.

  • The First Thanksgiving

    The First Thanksgiving
    The Pilgrims give thanks to God by having a feast with the Wamponoag Indians. This feast lasted about three days.

  • Massachusetts Bay

    Massachusetts Bay
    Puritans from England establish the Massachusetts Bay colony.

  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania
    William Penn finds the colony of Pennslyvania.

  • Slave Labor

    Slave Labor
    Plantations in the Southern colonies begin to rely heavily on slave labor.

  • Georgia

    Georgia
    James Oglethorpe establishes the colony of Georgia