TIMELINE OF EUROPEAN CONTACT IN NORTH AMERICA

                                             Five Nations Confederacy             William Penn
                                    formed by Indians, 1500s         (Quaker) establishes 
                                                       s                           Pennsylvania , 1681       

              Christopher Columbus                                           s             Seven Years War
                   and arrival of                                                                        1756-63
                 Europeans, 1492                         British colonists set up,          s
                                     s                             Jamestown 1607                  

                                           Horses introduced  s     
                                          by Europeans 1590s                                          

                                                                                 s

               1400s                      1500s                     1600s                      1700s                         1800s                         1900s                        

 fEASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS gf f f f r f f fGREAT  PLAINS  INDIANS  g  g g

                                                                           Puritans settle in         
                                                                          Massachusetts,1620             r
                                                                                                                Paxton Boys
                                                                                                                 massacre of
                                                 r                      r                                  Indians, 1762

                                           Beginning of fur       French Settlement
                                            trade,1530s             of Quebec, 1608