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1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
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
 John Gayer
 b.1546
 d.1584
 Humphrey Gayer
 b.1584 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 d.1624
 Margaret Trelawny
 b.1552
 d.1584
 William Gayer
 b.1624 Devonshire, England
 d.1710 Massachusetts WFT Est. 16
 Jane Spark
 b.1591
 d.1624
 Dorcas Gayer
 b.1675
 d.1747
 Dorcas Starbuck
 b.1624
 d.1696