Colonial America (1492-1763)
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European nations come to the Americas to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs.  The Spanish are among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States.

By 1650, however, England has established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast.  The first colony is founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.  Many of the people who settle in the New World come to escape religious persecution. The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrive in 1620.  In both Virginia and Massachusetts, the colonists flourish with some assistance from American Indians. 

New World grains such as corn keep the colonists from starving while, in Virginia, tobacco provide a valuable cash crop.  By the early 1700s enslaved Africans make up a growing percentage of the colonial population.  By 1770, more than 2 million people live and work in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies.

Colonial America History Made Easy Quizzes

• First Voyage of Columbus 1492-1493

• Second Voyage of Columbus 1493-1494

• Colonial America

  • Colonial Maryland

  • Colony of Virginia

  • Early Colonial Failures

  • Georgia Colony

  • Mayflower

  • Pennsylvania Colony

  • Pilgrims

  • Plymouth Colony

  • Spanish Florida

  • Spanish New Mexico

• Pequot War (1634-1638)

• King Phillip's War (1675-1676)

• French and Indian Wars

  • King William's War (1868 to 1697)

    • Schenectady Massacre

    • Battle of Port Royal, Nova Scotia (1690)

  • Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)

  • King George's War (1744 - 1748)

  • The French and Indian War (1754 - 1763)

    • Battle of Jumonville Glen (May 28, 1754)

    • Battle of Fort Necessity (July 3, 1754)

    • Braddock's Expedition (May 29 - July 9, 1755)