Exploration and Establishment of the United States 1450–1776
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Updated: 11 Oct 2018
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Created byDon Larson
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Christopher Columbus
lands at San SalvadorGutenberg's Printing PressJohn Cabot reaches
present day Newfoundland
and LabradorAmerigo Vespucci
lands at San SalvadorMartin Waldseemüller
publishes a world mapVasco Núñez de Balboa
settles in the AmericasFerdinand Magellan
leaves for a voyage
across the PacificTreaty of TordesillasPonce de León lands
in what is now the
state of FloridaPonce de León returns
to Floridato start
a settlementHernando Cortés lands
in what is now MexicoSpain sends Marcos de Niza
and Estevanico to Mexico
to find goldFrancisco Vásquez de Coronado
sets out to find the golden citiesConquistador Francisco Pizarro
attacks the Incas led by AtahuallpaHernando de Soto explores
the southeastern United StatesGiovanni da Verrazano searches
for the Northwest PassageJacques Cartier searches
for the Northwest PassageHenry Hudson's last voyageColony of New Spain formedPortugal forms the colony of BrazilPedro Menéndez de Avilés
sails from Spain to form what
is now St. Augustine, FloridaMissionaries help settle
Santa Fe, the capitol of
the New Mexico ColonyWalter Raleigh sets up a
colony in North AmericaJohn White sets up a colony
on Roanoke IslandEnglish merchants set up
the Virginia CompanySettlement of Jamestown establishedFirst Africans were
brought to JamestownHouse of Burgesses meetsPowhatan warsVirginia becomes
a royal colony
under King James IThe Mayflower lands
at PlymouthAbout 300 colonists
live in PlymouthTisquantum (Squanto)
helps the PilgrimsSamuel de Champlain
founds Quebec along
the St. Lawrence RiverThe Dutch form the settlement
of New Netherland on
Manhattan IslandSwedish settlers found
New SwedenJacque Marquette and
Louis Joliet set out to
find the MississippiSieur de la Salle sets out
to find the mouth of
the MississippiPierre Le Moyne and
Jean-Baptiste find the
mouth of the MississippiJohn Law becomes
Louisiana's ownerNew Orleans becomes
Louisiana's capitolThe Puritans build Salem
on Massachusetts BayJohn Winthrop leads a
second group of Puritans
to Massachusetts Bay ColonyThe Puritans expel
Roger WilliamsThe Puritans expel
Anne HuthinsonRoger Williams forms the
Rhode Island ColonyConnecticut Colony founded
by Roger HookerNew Hampshire colony foundedPeter Stuyvesant becomes
governor of New NetherlandStuyvesant surrenders
New Netherland
to EnglandWilliam Penn writes
"The Frame of Government
of Pennsylvania"Maryland's first colonists arriveMaryland Colony passes
the Toleration ActCarolina Colony formedCarolina adopts a constitutionCarolina Colony split into
two colonies—North Carolina
and South CarolinaGeorgia Colony formed
by James OglethorpeFort Mose formed
by freed AfricansPlantations expanded inlandIndigo a major cash crop
in South CarolinaBaltimore becomes a
major center for
shipbuildingVasco da Gama sails
from Lisbon to CalicutNew
eventNew
eventPeriods
Christopher Columbus 1451–1506Estevanico 1503?–1539John Smith 1580–1631Tisquantum (Squanto) 1585?–1622Anne Hutchinson 1591–1643Pocahontas 1595?–1617Benjamin FranklinOlaudah Equiano 1745?–1797
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