Timeline of Early America

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 There are many important dates within the history of early America, from the discovery of the New World to the American Revolution. In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovers the New World, he landed in the Bahamas a place he originally named San Salvador. In 1534, France establishes New France Colony, areas including Canada and the Louisiana Territory. in 1585, the Lost Colony of Roanoke was settled and then lost to history. Between 1607-1656, England, Holland, the Puritans, Sweden, and the Quakers created colonies on the east coast of the New World. In 1664, England captured New Amsterdam and in 1665 renamed it New York City. In 1667, England obtained Holland's colonies and renamed it New York. In 1690, Spain colonized what is now Texas, and in the same year the first official newspaper in America, the Publick Occurrences, was published. In 1754, the French and Indian War started, this war was between France and its Native American allies against England, the Colonial Militias, and their Native American Allies. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the French and Indian wars, and France lost the majority of its lands within North America to England and Spain. This is the period of time that created the environment in which the colonists began to see them as separate from England. In just 2 short years the colonists will declare independence from England and the American Revolutionary War will begin. 

Early American Colonial History Timeline Infographic. (2014, September 9). Retrieved September 18, 2022, from GenealogyBank Blog website: https://blog.genealogybank.com/early-american-colonial-history-timeline-infographic.html

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