1558
Reign of Elizabeth begins.
1562
Hawkins and Drake return from a successful privateering expedition.
1577- 1580
Drake circumnavigates the globe.
1585
Roanoke colony set up. It fails.
1550s- 1580s
English Privateers attack Spanish ships.
1588
Spanish Armada defeated.
1600
Anglo-Moroccan alliance.
1603
James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of
England. Start of the Stuart Dynasty.
1607
Jamestown established.
1617
Pocahontas dies in England.
1620
Plymouth Colony established.
1630
Massachusetts Bay Colony established.