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Resources Timeline

Era 1:Era 2:Era 3:Era 4:Era 5:
Beginnings
to 1620
Three Worlds Meet
1585 - 1763
Colonization
and
Settlement
1754 - 1820
Revolution
and the
New Nation
1801 - 1861
Expansion
and
Reform
1850 - 1877
Civil War
and
Reconstruction
Era 6:Era 7:Era 8:Era 9:Era 10:
1870-1900
The Development of the Industrial United States
1890-1930
The Emergence of Modern America
1929 - 1945
The Great Depression and World War II
1945 - 1970s
Postwar United States
1968- Present
Contemporary United States
  • History Lab
  • Lesson Plan
  • Primary sources at the Maryland State Archives
  • Other electronic materials/media

Era 2: 1585 to 1763 — Colonization and Settlement

map of the Virginia and the Chesapeake