First Colonies: 1565-1700 | American Colonial History | Jamestown, Plymouth, Puritans, Quakers

First American colonies, 1565-1700 This presentation outlines the development of European colonies in the future United States and Canada, from 1565 to 1700. Before European colonization of North America, many thousands of Algonquian, Iroquoian, Souian, Muskogean, Pueblo, and other Native American speakers lived throughout the continent. The first successful European foothold above Mexico is the Spanish colony of Saint Augustine founded in modern Florida in 1565. 1585: Sir Walter Raleigh founds the first English colony in North America at Roanoke Island in future North Carolina. The colony dissolves the next year. 1587: A second colony is established at Roanoke island under John White. The first English child born in North America is Virginia dare. In 1588, the Spanish Armada, dispatched from Spain for the purpose of invading England, is largely destroyed by a combination of the English fleet and harsh weather. 1590: John White finds Roanoke totally abandon