Pre-Colonial Beginnings
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- 1608
- In January, 110 additional colonists arrive at Jamestown. In December, he first items of export trade are sent from Jamestown back to England and include lumber and iron ore.
- 1587
- The first English child, Virginia Dare, is born in Roanoke, August 18.
- 1497
- John Cabot of England explores the Atlantic Coast of Canada, claiming the area for the English King, Henry VII. Cabot is the first of many European explorers to seek a northwest passage to Asia.
- 1519
- Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec empire.
- 1609
- Native tobacco is first planted & harvested in Virginia by colonists.
- 1513
- Ponce de Leon of Spain lands in Florida.
- 1607
- Jamestown is founded in Virginia by the colonists of the London Company. By the end of the year, starvation and disease reduce the original 105 settlers to just 32 survivors. Capt. John Smith is captured by Native American Cheif Powhatan and saved from death by his daughter, Pocahontas.
- fair government
- All 3 groups of people shared a devotion to _ ___.
- 1609
- The Dutch East India Trading Company sponsors a 7 month voyage of exploration to North America by Henry Hudson. In September he sails up the Hudson River to Albany.
- 1499
- An Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, sights the coast of South America during a voyage of discovery for Spain.
- 1565
- The first permanent European colony in North America is founded at St. Augustine (Florida) by the Spanish.
- their cultural identity
- All 3 groups of people shared a concern with retaining _ ___ ____.
- 600
- There were how many Native American tribes in America when Columbus arrived?
- 1606
- The London Company sponsors a colonizing expedition to Virginia.
- 1517
- Martin Luther launches the Protestant Reformation in Europe, bringing an end to the sole authority of the Catholic Church, and resulting in the growth of numerous Protestant religious sects.
- 1588
- In Europe, the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English results in Great Britain replacing Spain as the dominant world power and leads to a gradual decline of Spanish influence in the New World and the widening of English imperial interests.
- 1507
- The name "America" is first used in a geography book referring to the New World with Amerigo Vespucci getting credit for the discovery of the continent.
- Magna Carta
- Guarantees liberties to the English people and proclaims basic rights & procedures which later become the foundation stone of modern democracy.
- 1492
- Christopher Columbus makes the 1st of 4 voyages to the New World, funded by the Spanish Crown, seeking a western sea route to Asia. On October 12, sailing the Santa Maria, he lands in the Bahamas, thinking it's an outlying Japanese island.
- Early 1600s
- When did the African Americans arrive?
- European Explorers
- Who were the second group of people to arrive in America?
- 1519-1522
- Ferdinand Magellan is the first person to sail around the world.
- wilderness; nature
- All 3 groups of people shared a fascination with the ___ and __ of America
- 1215
- The Magna Carta document is adopted in England.
- food, shelter, safety
- All 3 groups of people shared a concern with practical affairs like _, __, and __.
- 1524
- Giovanni de Verrazano, sponsored by France, lands in the area around the Carolinas, then sails north & discovers the Hudson River, and continues onward into Narragansett Bay and Nova Scotia.
- 1541
- Hernando de Soto of Spain discovers the Mississippi River.
- 1000 AD
- Leif Ericson, a Viking seaman, explores the east coast of North America and sights Newfoundland, establishing a short-lived settlement there.