Events
Cahokia declines, inhabitants disperseIriquois Confederacy formsChristopher Columbus reaches
San Salvador (Guanahani) in the
BahamasChurch of England breaks from Roman Catholic ChurchJames I becomes king of EnglandJamestown foundedElizabeth I becomes queen of EnglandEngland defeats the Spanish ArmadaFirst Africans arrive in VirginiaPlymouth founded
(Mayflower Compact)James I revokes Virginia
Company's CharterCharles I crowned King of EnglandTobacco made a profitable
crop by John RolfeFirst legislative assembly meets in Virginia:
House of BurgessesLord Baltimore establishes Maryland
(safe haven for Catholics)Massachusetts Bay
colony foundedMaryland's Act for
Religious TolerationNew
eventPeriods
Colonial AmericaCreating a New NationFirst Anglo-Powhatan WarRoanoke established,
then disappearsSecond Anglo-Powhatan WarThird Anglo-Powhatan
War in Virginia"Great Migration"
to New England
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