Colonial Era Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus encountered the New World for the first time

    After a ton of time and work to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus and his crew finally reach the new world.
  • Period: Sep 11, 1500 to

    French began fur trade with Indians

    It began in the 1500s
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence

  • May 10, 1539

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    Columbus started his expidtion in april 1538 and ended in may of 1539.
  • Sep 10, 1540

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    He had a journey through Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma. They spent the winter on Rio De Grande.
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

  • Period: to

    Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

  • Period: to

    The Pueblo Revolt