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8th King History of N. America 1400-1700 (1500 (1593 - Sir Walter Raleigh…
8th King History of N. America 1400-1700
1500
1593 - Sir Walter Raleigh finds Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in the New World.
Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River, strengthening Spanish claims to the interior of North America.
Roanoke Colony found deserted.
1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano, working for France, explores coastline from present-day Maine to North Carolina.
1400
John Cabot "rediscovers" America for the English. (1497)
Christopher Columbus discovered America while looking for Asia. (1492)
John Cabot gets lost at sea while on a third voyage to America. (1498)
Columbus discovers what is now the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico on his second voyage to the Americas. (1493)
Christopher Columbus found the Americas
1700
Revoulution in North America
Queen Anne's War ends with the French giving the British Nova Scotia. (1713)
1722 - Iroquois Confederacy formed
North Carolina established as a Crown Colony. (1729)
French and Indian War ends with a peace treaty that gives Canada and the American Midwest to the British. (1763)
1600
French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare. (1640)
Eight English nobleman given charter to establish the Colony of Carolina by Charles II after their assistance in restoring him to the throne three years earlier. (1663)
1640 – French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare.
Dutch forces recapture the colony of New York (New Amsterdam) from the British, but would only be able to hold power in the area for one year. (1673)
1687 – Yamasee Indians from Spanish Florida move to South Carolina, becoming an important ally of the English