13 colonies By REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 1607 Jamestown Colony is established Period: 1607 to 1701 Reese 1609 Only 60 out of 500 settlers in Jamestown survive the winter of 1609. "Starving time" 1614 Jamestown settler John Rolfe marries Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan Indian chief. 1619 The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown. The first representative government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown. 1620 Plymouth Colony is founded by the Pilgrims 1682 The city of Philadelphia is founded 1690 Spain begins to colonize the land of Texas 1692 The Salem witch trails begins in Massachusetts. Twenty people are executed for witchcraft. 1699 The capital of Virginia moves from Jamestown to Williamsburg 1701 Delaware separates from Pennsylvania becoming a new colony.
