4.11: Chronology
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The following chronology is a list of important dates and events associated with this chapter.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1558-1603 | Reign of Elizabeth I of England |
| 1578 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert granted the right to colonize North America |
| 1583 | Sir Humphrey lost at sea |
| 1584 | Walter Raleigh’s expedition discovered the Outer Banks and Roanoke Island |
| 1585 | Raleigh’s second expedition under Sir Richard Grenville sailed for Roanoke and left a small colony of soldiers under Ralph Lane |
| 1586 | Lane abandoned Roanoke and returned to England with Sir Francis Drake, leaving behind a small garrison. Grenville arrived, and finding no one, returned to England |
| 1587 | Raleigh’s third expedition under John White with a colony of families landed on Roanoke Island. White returned to England for supplies. |
| 1588 | England defeated the Spanish Armada; Grenville barred from sailing to Roanoke; White sailed with a privateer. |
| 1590 | White reached Roanoke, found sign suggesting that the colony moved to Croatan. |
| 1602 | Raleigh sent an expedition to Outer banks, found no sign of “lost” colony. |
| 1603 | Elizabeth I died; James VI of Scotland (James I of England) assumed the throne |
| 1606 | Virginia Company of London created; Colonizers sent to Virginia |
| 1607 | Colonists landed at Jamestown |
| 1609 | Starving Time begans in Jamestown |
| 1610 | Starving Time ended with more than 80 percent of the Jamestown colonists dead. |
| 1616 | Tobacco production began in earnest in Virginia |
| 1620 | Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| 1621 | First Thanksgiving celebrated in Plymouth |
| 1623 | John Mason and John Wheelwright founded Hover, New Hampshire |
| 1625 | Charles I assumed English throne |
| 1629-1640 | The Eleven-Year Tyranny |
| 1630 | Arbella landed in Massachusetts Bay |
| 1631 | William Clayborne of Virginia set up a trading post on Kent Island in what would become Maryland territory |
| 1632 | George Calvert, Baron Baltimore applied for a charter for a royal colony at Maryland |
| 1634 | Leonard Calvert, son of George, arrived in Maryland |
| 1636 | Harvard University Founded; Providence, Portsmouth, and Hartford, Connecticut founded. |
| 1637-1638 | Pequot War |
| 1638 | New Haven Colony founded |
| 1639 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted |
| 1640 | “Long” Parliament convened in London |
| 1641 | New Hampshire became part of Massachusetts Bay |
| 1642 | Old Deluder Satan Law established schools in Massachusetts Bay; English Civil War begins |
| 1643 | New England Confederation created |
| 1660 | The Half Way Covenant adopted by the Massachusetts General Court; Charles II restored to English throne |
| 1663 | Albonquin language Bible published in Massachusetts Bay |
| 1675 | King Philip’s War; Death of Cecilius, 2nd Baron Baltimore; Rebellion in Maryland |
| 1679 | New Hampshire became royal colony, independent of Massachusetts Bay |
| 1681 | Rebellion in Maryland |
| 1684 | Dominion of New England created |
| 1685 | Death of Charles II; James II ascended to the English throne |
| 1688 | James II of England overthrown in the “Glorious Revolution”; the Glorious Revolution in the Colonies; Dominion of New England dissolved; Coode’s Rebellion in Maryland; Calvert family lost charter of Maryland |
| 1689 | Maryland became a royal colony |
| 1691 | Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth united into one royal colony |
| 1692-1693 | Witchcraft scare in Salem Village |