US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions

US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)

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 * 1497 Cabot expedition to explore coast of North America
-* 15xx  Roanoke settlement fails
+* 1585 Roanoke colony
+** fails; knowns as the "Lost Colony"
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 * 1578 "Frobisher expedition" to find the Northwest Passage (route to Asia over Canada)
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 * 1607 Jamestown settlement
 * 1614 Tobacco 1st shipped to England
+* 1625 British colonial population in areas of the 13 colonies: 2,000
+** by 1775:  2.4 million
 * 1634 Maryland founded by Catholic George Calvert<br>
 * 1642 English Civil War <br><br>
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 * '''Virginia settlements of North America'''
+** 1583 St. Johns, Newfoundland colony
+** 1585 Roanoke colony ("Lost Colony")
+*** original 112-121 colonists died, dispersed or were killed by Indians
+**** had poor relationship with local tribes
+**** a rescue expedition in 1590 found the settlement abandoned
+** 1607 Jamestown colony
+*** established relations with local Algonquin tribes
+*** by 1617 only 351 out of the original 1700 English had survived
+*** 1617-1620 population grew to 1240
+**** in response to tobacco farming
+*** relations with Indians deteriorated
 === Tobacco economy ===