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Between 1630-1640, over 20,000 colonists arrived, and even more followed, pursuing the American dream before the concept was even fully articulated. Jamestown was settled first in 1607, then Plymouth Colony in 1620, Massachusetts Bay in 1630, and so on.
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States in 1776 during the Revolutionary War.
The 13 colonies founded along the Eastern seaboard in the 17th and 18th centuries weren't the first colonial outposts on the American continent, but they are the ones where colonists...
American colonies, the 13 British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in the area that is now a part of the eastern United States. The colonies grew both geographically and numerically from the time of their founding to the American Revolution (1775–81).
Colonial America was a vast land settled by Spanish, Dutch, French and English immigrants who established colonies such as St. Augustine, Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; and Roanoke in present-day...
From Jamestown until the early stirrings of the American Revolution, colonial America became the foundation of the United States.
The Colonial period of America began in the early 17th century and lasted until American Independence. In this article, we take a look at the colonial timeline. 1585 during the 16th Century the Roanoke Colony was established. However, it disappeared and was named the ‘Lost Colony‘.
Colonial America refers to the period of history from the early 17th century to the late 18th century when European powers, primarily Great Britain, established colonies in what is now the United States.
The first real attempt to ‘unite’ the colonies came in 1754 with the Albany Congress in upstate New York. Wary of the escalating tensions between France and Great Britain, a meeting was called for all of the colonists to discuss how to proceed.
Western colonialism, a political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, and it was primarily driven by Portugal, Spain, the Dutch Republic, France, and England.