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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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=== timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754) === | === timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754) === | ||
== Colonial America growth == | == British Colonial America growth == | ||
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* 1578 | * 1497 Cabot expedition to explore coast of North America | ||
** failed but spurred British interest in North America | * 15xx Roanoke settlement fails | ||
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* | * 1578 "Frobisher expedition" to find the Northwest Passage (route to Asia over Canada) | ||
* 1614 Tobacco 1st shipped to England | ** failed but spurred British interest in North America | ||
* 1607-11 Henry Hudson explorations of Canada in search of Northwest Passage | |||
* 1607 Jamestown settlement | |||
* 1614 Tobacco 1st shipped to England | |||
* 1634 Maryland founded by Catholic George Calvert<br> | |||
* 1642 English Civil War <br><br> | * 1642 English Civil War <br><br> | ||
* 1651 British Navigation Act <br><br> | * 1651 British Navigation Act <br><br> | ||
* 1676 Bacon's Rebellion | * 1676 Bacon's Rebellion | ||
* 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials | * 1681, William Penn granted charter for Pennsylvania<br> | ||
* 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials<br> | |||
* 1721 British policy of "Salutary Neglect" | * 1721 British policy of "Salutary Neglect" | ||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
* during 1500s Britain sponsors several exploratory expeditions to the Americas | |||
** the goal is to find gold and a passage to Asia | |||
* starting with Roanoke expedition ion | |||
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'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
* '''British explorations of North America''' | |||
** 1497 John Cabot sent by Henry VII to explore North American coast and find gold or other riches | |||
*** Cabot's name was Giovanni Caboto; he was from Venice, Italy | |||
*** 1st European visit to coastal North America since the Vikings | |||
*** his 1st expedition was unsuccessful | |||
*** the 2nd reached "Newfoundland", the easternmost point of modern Canada | |||
**** he may also have encountered Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and/or Maine | |||
*** a third expedition was organized in 1498 | |||
**** unsuccessful, and Cabot may have been lost at sea | |||
** 1508-9 Sebastian Cabot's expedition | |||
*** John Cabot's son | |||
*** he explored the North American coast from the Hudson Strait (and possibly the Hudson Bay itself) to the Chesapeake Bay | |||
** Henry VIII became king in 1509 and had no interest in further explorations of North America | |||
** 1607-11 Henry Hudson seeks the Northwest Passage | |||
*** Hudson explored the Chesapeake Bay, the Delaware Bay, the Hudson River, Nova Scotia and the Hudson Bay | |||
*** Hudson made land claims and traded with Native Americans (fur) | |||
**** after spending the winter of 1611 at James Bay (southern part of Hudson Bay), Hudson's crew mutinied and sent him, his son, and a few crewmen into the Bay in a small boat, where after they disappeared | |||
* '''Virginia settlements of North America''' | |||
=== Tobacco economy === | === Tobacco economy === | ||
*John Rolfe planted seed from Trinidad in Virginia | |||
** 1614 fist tobacco shipment to England | ** 1614 fist tobacco shipment to England | ||
*** spurred colonial projection | *** spurred colonial projection | ||
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* see [https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/ What Was the British Policy of Salutary Neglect? (historyofmassachusetts.org)] | * see [https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/ What Was the British Policy of Salutary Neglect? (historyofmassachusetts.org)] | ||
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