DATES
EXPLORATION
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
COLONIES
PEOPLE
100
YEAR JAMESTOWN FOUNDED
1607
100
GENERAL REASONS FOR EXPLORATION
GOD, GOLD, AND GLORY
100
1620 SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT ESTABLISH SELF GOVERNMENT AND MAJORITY RULE
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
100
REGION WITH ROCKY SOIL AND COLD WINTERS
NEW ENGLAND
100
FOUNDED RHODE ISLAND FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
ROGER WILLIAMS
200
YEAR OF MAYFLOWER COMPACT
1620
200
SPAIN CAME TO AMERICAS TO SPREAD
CATHOLICISM - MISSIONS
200
FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES
200
REGION WITH FERTILE SOIL AND LONG GROWING SEASON
SOUTHERN COLONIES
200
FOUNDED CONNECTICUT AND WROTE THE FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT
THOMAS HOOKER
300
YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
1776
300
FRANCE CAME TO AMERICAS FOR
FUR TRADE
300
FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION IN AMERICAS
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT
300
THIS COLONY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A HAVEN FOR CATHOLICS
MARYLAND
300
FOUNDED PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM PENN
400
WRITING THE CONSTITUTION
1787-1788
400
NEW ENGLAND WAS SETTLED BY PEOPLE SEEKING
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
400
THIS ERA CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRATIC FEELINGS AND A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE
FIRST GREAT AWAKENING
400
THIS REGION RELIED HEAVILY ON SLAVE LABOR TO WORK PLANTATIONS
SOUTHERN COLONIES
400
FOUNDED MARYLAND FOR CATHOLICS
LORD BALTIMORE
500
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
1803
500
PEOPLE WHO SOUGHT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PENNSYLVANIA
QUAKERS
500
THE COLONIES' DISTANCE FROM ENGLAND CREATED THE NEED FOR COLONISTS TO
MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS
500
THIS COLONY WAS ESTABLISHED FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
RHODE ISLAND
500
COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
GEORGE WASHINGTON