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1500
Spanish Exploration & Conquest
Spaniards poured into the New World seeking land, gold, and titles -
New World
European expansion -
The French
French colonization developed through investment from private trading companies. Traders established Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia) -
English Colonization
In April 1607 Englishmen aboard three ships—the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery—sailed forty miles up the James River (named for the English king) in present-day Virginia (named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen) and settled on just such a place -
Jamestown, VA
Jamestown, Virginia, founded by English settlers, who begin growing tobacco for trade. -
The Dutch
The Dutch also established farms, settlements, and lumber camps -
New England
The English colonies in New England established from 1620 onward were founded with loftier goals than those in Virginia. -
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England.
Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, -
Charlestown
Charles Town (Charleston) founded in present-day South Carolina. -
North British America
Slavery and the Making of Race
Whether they came as servants, slaves, free farmers, religious refugees, or powerful planters, the men and women of the American colonies created new worlds -
French-Indian War
Conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec. -
Britan vs The French
Britain gains control of territory up to the Mississippi river following victory over France in the Seven Years' War. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British -
American Revolution
American Revolution: George Washington leads the Continental Army to fight against British rule. -
America Independence
July 4th - Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress; colonies declare independence. -
The Constitution
Founding Fathers drafted the constitution for United States of America that it went into effect in 1788 -
1st President of US
George Washington became the first president of the United States. -
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom -
Slave Trade Abloished
Atlantic slave trade abolished. -
Annexation of Texas
Texas annexation was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state -
Annexation of California and New Mexico
US acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico. -
16th President Abraham Lincoln
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln becomes the US 16th president. -
Civil War
Civil War took place between 1861-1865 Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War. -
Free Slaves
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free
