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Jan 1, 1001
The Vikings
víkings were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. -
Aug 3, 1492
chistopher columbus first trip
On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María ex-Gallega ("Galician"), and two smaller caravels, the Pinta ("Painted") and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña (lit. "Girl") after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer. -
Sep 24, 1493
christopher columbus second voyage
Columbus left the port of Cadiz on 24 September 1493, with a fleet of 17 ships carrying 1,200 men and the supplies to establish permanent colonies in the New World. The passengers included priests, farmers, and soldiers, who would be the new colonists. This reflected the new policy of creating not just "colonies of exploitation", but also "colonies of settlement" from which to launch missions dedicated to converting the natives to Christianity. -
Jan 1, 1497
England takes interest in america
the king sent cabot to find a western route to asia -
Nov 13, 1497
the king
the king sent cabot to find a western route to asia, he landed in nova scotia (above maine, now a part of canada) -
Nov 18, 1497
the king
cabot to find a western route to asia -
May 30, 1498
christopher columbus third voyage
On 30 May 1498, Columbus left with six ships from Sanlúcar, Spain, for his third trip to the New World. Three of the ships headed directly for Hispaniola with much-needed supplies, while Columbus took the other three in an exploration of what might lie to the south of the Caribbean islands he had already visited, including a hope-for passage to continental Asia -
May 15, 1521
Ponce de León
On May 15 they were coasting along the Florida Keys, looking for a passage to head north and explore the west coast of the Florida peninsula. From a distance the Keys reminded Ponce de León of men who were suffering, so he named them Los Martires (the Martyrs).[42][43] Eventually they found a gap in the reefs and sailed "to the north and other times to the northeast" until they reached the Florida mainland on May 23. -
Sep 15, 1524
Giovanni Da Verrazano
the french king sent Giovanni Da Verrazano to map the north american coastline -
Nov 13, 1527
King henry VIII
Asked the pope to annual his marriage, and her formed the church of england -
Nov 19, 1527
the puritans
the purtians wanted to purify the anglican church of catholic elements such as 4 -
Jan 1, 1535
pizarro
In January 1535, Pizarro founded the city of Lima, -
Jan 1, 1542
frenando de soto
a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, and the first documented to have crossed the Mississippi River. -
Nov 13, 1565
The Spanish
the spanish had established the town of st. augustina, florida to protect their claim to the region after the french tried to settled the carolina's -
Nov 18, 1565
the spanish
the spanish had est. the town ogst. agustina, flordia -
Samuel De Champlain
He helped the merchants colonize north america -
England
England granted the virginia company permission to est. colonies in virginia -
England
food was scarce and the land was swampy -
the suthern economy
Tabacco became the south's first successful cash crop -
the pilgrams land at plymouth
they were separatist (separation from the anglicans) -
the english civil war and the colonies
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The puritans found massachuetts
John Winthrop irich attorney, puritan, stockholder in mass. Bay colony, financed migration to america. -
New hamphire and maine
John manson owned new hampshire. sir fernando gorges owned maine. massachsetts. attemped to claim these territories and lost. -
The river town of connecticut
Thomas hooker leaves mass, for connecticut, settlers and native americans lived alongside one another -
slavery in the colonies
then va entactezed a slave code - a set of laws that regulated slazery and defined the relationship between the enslaved and free people. -
slavery in the colonies
in 1638 maryland became the first colony to recongnized slavery. -
New france
New france became a royal colony. The french government then introduced a series of projects designed in increase the colonys population -
Louis Juliet & Jacques Marquette
Louis Juliet & Jacques Marquette explored the mississippi river Rene-Robert Cavelier De La Sallle then followed the river to the goldf of mexico and claimed to region , which he named louisiana, for france -
The southern colonies
many people people from england were willing to become indentured servants in tthe u.s. -
quackers
the first settlers named their town charles town, which is present day charleston. -
IV New Southern Colonies
King Charles granted land south of virgina to friends -
the southern ecomomy
A large work force -
the southern ecnomy
by the 1690 planters in s.c were important africans to cultivating rice -
slavery in the colonies
by the 1970 between 10 and 12 million africans were transported on the journey known as the middle passage. -
the english civil war and the colonies
King charles I and the english parliament (government) were at odds