Colonial project

Timeline of Colonial Events

By Nbnestle
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    Events

  • France and Fur

    France and Fur
    A commercial venture in France results in a French monopoly of the fur trade in North America

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    The English make a settlement and name it Jamestown after King James I

  • 1619

    1619
    The first enslaved Africans are brough to Jamestown

  • The Mayflower

    The Mayflower
    100 pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower in November off Cape Cod

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving
    Pilgrims celebrate the 1st Thanksgiving

  • Sugar

    Sugar
    Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles, claimed by England in 1005 and settled 1627 becomes a major producer of sugar.

  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts
    Over 1000 Puritans, led by Governor John, Winthrop, founded the Massachusetts Bay colony.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut
    Connecticut is settled by Puritans

  • Carolina

    Carolina
    Virginians establish Carolina, later it is broken up into North and South.

  • William Sayle

    William Sayle
    English settlers, under the leader ship of William Sayle arrive in Carolina and found Charleston.