| 1542 |
California claimed |
Spain, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo |
| 1565 |
St. Augustine settled |
Spain, Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
| 1607, 14 May |
Jamestown, Virginia |
British |
| 1608, 3 Jul |
Quebec founded |
French, Samuel de Champlain |
| 1609, 11 Sep |
Dutch Claim New Netherland |
Dutch, Henry Hudson (NY) |
| 1609 |
Virginia |
Powhatan War – thru 1614 |
| 1620 |
Plymouth |
British, Pilgrims, William Bradford |
| 1622 |
Virginia |
2nd Powhatan War – thru 1632 |
| 1624 |
New Netherland Settled |
Dutch West India Company |
| 1630 |
Mass Bay Colony |
British, John Winthrop |
| 1634 |
Maryland founded |
British (Lord Calvert, The Ark) |
| 1636 |
Rhode Island founded |
British |
| 1636 |
Connecticut founded |
British |
| 1638 |
New Sweden |
Sweden |
| 1644 |
Virginia |
3rd Powhatan War – thru 1646 |
| 1661 |
Virginia |
Slavery legalized |
| 1664, 12 Mar |
New York (city and territory) |
British, captured New Amsterdam and renamed it |
| 1675 |
King Philip’s War |
New England, 1675-1676 |
| 1681 |
Pennsylvania Established |
British, William Penn |
| 1682 |
Mississippi Valley |
French, New France |
| 1702 |
Mobile, Louisiana |
French (capital of French Louisiana) |
| 1711, 12 Sep |
Tuscarora War |
North Carolina 1711- 1718 |
| 1712 |
Carolina Colony |
British (became North and South Carolina) |
| 1715, 15 Apr |
Yamasee War |
South Carolina, 1715-1717 |
| 1718 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
French (capital of French Louisiana) |
| 1732 |
Georgia founded |
British (James Oglethorpe) |
| 1745, 15 Jun |
Fort Louisbourg |
Unified colonial capture of Fortress of Louisbourg |
| 1754, 28 May |
Battle of Jumonville Glen |
British (Va Militia) Origin of French and Indian War |
| 1755, 9 Jul |
Braddock’s Defeat |
British, and aftermath of battle |
| 1759, 13 Sep |
Fall of Quebec |
British |
| 1763 |
Treaty of Paris |
British/French End of French and Indian War |
| 1763 |
Treaty of Paris |
British Establishment East Florida |
| 1763 |
Treaty of Paris |
British Establishment West Florida |
| 1764, 14 Feb |
Founding of St. Louis |
French Louisiana |
