US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

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* primary motive = direct access to South and East Asian markets
* primary motive = direct access to South and East Asian markets
=== British John Cabot expedition 1497 ===
=== British John Cabot expedition 1497 ===
* several explorations startin , abandoned due to domestic British situations
* several explorations starting 1497, abandoned due to domestic British situations
* Cabot did not find minerals or route to China
| cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events'''
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
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| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
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* 1497: John Cabot 1st British expedition to North America
* 1583: English claim Newfoundland
* 1585: first English settlement at Roanoke, VA,
* 1587: "Lost colony" of Roanoke (abandoned by 1590)
* 1603: King James I crowned
* 1603: King James I crowned
* 1606 First Charter of Virginia  
* 1606 First Charter of Virginia