1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower 1638 Printing press reaches America 1664 English capture/rename New York 1681 La Salle explores Louisiana 1700 American colonies prosper | 1540 Spanish arrive in California 1540 Coronado travels through Midwest 1565 First colony St. Augustine 1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony 1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement | 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies 1507 The term America first used 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1534 Cartier claims New France |
John Norton b.1470 d. | |||||||
Richard Norton b.1517 d.1565 ENG | |||||||
Jane CooperCowper b.1485 ENG d. | |||||||
William Norton b.1558 Sharpenbow, Kent, England d.1622 | |||||||
Richard Wingate b. England d. | |||||||
Margery Wingate b.1528 Kent, England d.1572 England | |||||||
Joane Porter b. England d. | |||||||