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In 1607, Jamestown was formed along the James river near the Chesapeake bay. -
In 1610 John Rolfe grew the first successful tobacco prop in Jamestown. -
In 1620, Plymouth was founded by the Pilgrims, who wanted religious freedom. -
In 1621, the Dutch West India company formed the colony of New Netherland in the Hudson River valley. -
In 1630 John Winthrop brought 900 settlers to Massachusetts bay and was elected governor. -
George Calaver, Lord of Baltimore requested a charter from King Charles the 1st in 1633 that will become Maryland. -
Roger Williams a puritan minister challenged church leaders as he believed that settlers should pay native americans he got banished in 1636. The Narragansett tribe helped Williams and sold him land to form the settlements of providence. -
In 1637, Connecticut colonists attacked the Pequot. -
In 1649, The Toleration Act was passed, giving religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland. -
After the English captured New Amsterdam in 1664, they renamed it to New York.