1600-1700

By cbclick

  • The Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company was founded, with a tax free monopoly of the eastern trade for twenty-one years.

  • Jamestown

    Colonist establish the first British settlement in the new world, at Jamestown.

  • Jamestown-Indian conflict

    The Jamestown settlers meet an unfriendly reception from the local Powhatan Indians, having to use their muskets to beat off an attack within two weeks of their arrival.

  • Future Pilgrim Fathers

    A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston to Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland.

  • The British East India

    The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for storing Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast.

  • John Rolfe

    Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.

  • House of Burgesses

    The first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies (House of Burgesses) is established

  • Slaves

    The first slaves arrive in America

  • Pilgrims

    The Pilgrims, a group of 102 English settlers, sail in the Mayflower to the new world.

  • Plymouth

    The Pilgrims on the Mayflower select a place for their settlement, and give it the name of Plymouth, their port of departure in England.

  • First Thanksgiving

    The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians.

  • The Dutch West India Company

    The Dutch West India Company is chartered to trade and found colonies anywhere along the entire American coast.

  • Boston

    Boston was established by John Winthrop.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams as a colony based on the principle of religious tolerance.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut was established by a group of London merchants and their families. The leaders were John Davenport, a Puritan minister, and Theophilus Eaton.

  • Connecticut Charter

    King Charles II gave the colony of Connecticut an official charter.

  • New York

    New York is established by Peter Minuit

  • South Carolina

    The first permanent European settlement is established by the British near Charleston.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion that took place from 1676-1677 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of governor William Berkeley.

  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia is established by William Penn