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The first permanent English settlement in the Americas
Establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The short lived Popham Colony founded in Maine by the Virginia Company of Plymouth. -
The Starving Time at Jamestown
Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610. There were about 500 Jamestown residents at the beginning of the winter. However, there were only 60 people still alive when the spring arrived -
Santa Fe, New Mexico established by Spain
The city was founded in 1610 as capital of Nuevo México, after it replaced Española as capital, which makes it the oldest state capital in the United States. -
The Dutch establish a fur trading center with the Native Americans on Manhattan Island.
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Dutch claim New Netherland
Dutch claim New Netherland. John Rolfe successfully harvests tobacco in Jamestown, Virginia, ensuring the colonies success -
Smallpox
Smallpox kills roughly 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Indians
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First African slaves in English North America arrive at Jamestown.
First African slaves in English North America arrive at Jamestown. House of Burgesses was formed in Jamestown, the first democratically elected legislative body in English North America. -
Mayflower Compact signed. Plymouth Colony is founded in what would be Massachusetts, by the Plymouth Company
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. -
Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia
The Indian massacre of 1622, popularly known as the "Jamestown massacre", took place in the English Colony of Virginia, in what is now the United States, on Friday, 22 March 1622. -
King James I revokes the Virginia Company's charter, and Virginia becomes a royal colony.
King James I revokes the Virginia Company's charter, and Virginia becomes a royal colony. Foundation of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company; would later be renamed New York. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded.
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally The Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. -
Province of Maryland founded.
Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland. Its first settlement and capital was St. Mary's City, in the southern end of St. Mary's County, which is a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay and is also bordered by four tidal rivers. -
French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare.
The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars (French: Guerres franco-iroquoises), encompass a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in America. -
MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS IS THE FIRST COLONY TO LEGALIZE SLAVERY -
Beginning of the English Civil War. Montreal founded.
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") principally over the manner of England's governance and part of the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
New England Confederation created
The United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a short-lived military alliance of the New England colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Saybrook (Connecticut), and New Haven formed in May 1643. Its primary purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies in support of the church, and for defense against the American Indians and the Dutch colony of New Netherland. -
Kieft's War in New Netherland
Kieft's War (1643–1645), also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between the colony of New Netherland and the Lenape Indians in New York.Kieft's War (1643–1645), also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between the colony of New Netherland and the Lenape Indians in New York. -
Third Anglo–Powhatan War
The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in the early seventeenth century. -
Maryland Toleration Act. Execution of King Charles I and the establishment of Commonwealth in England.
Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. -
English Civil War
In the wake of the English Civil War, Virginia acknowledges the authority of the Parliament of England. -
New Sweden becomes incorporated into the Dutch colony of New Netherland
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Peach Tree War
The Peach Tree War, also known as the Peach War, was a large-scale attack on September 15, 1655 by the Susquehannock Indians and allied tribes on several New Netherland settlements along the North River (Hudson River). -
First Quakers arrive in New England.
Quakers, also called Friends, belong to a historically Christian denomination known formally as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church -
SLAVE CODES BEGIN IN VIRGINIA
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VIRGINIA LAW
VIRGINIA LAW MAKES A MOTHER'S ENSLAVED STATUS INHERITED BY HER CHILDREN -
BACON'S REBELLION
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion that took place in 1676 by Virginia settlers. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley. Bacon's grievances against Berkeley stemmed from the governor's dismissive policy toward the political challenges of Virginia's western frontier. -
Rice Cultivation
RICE CULTIVATION INTRODUCED TO CAROLINAS AND INCREASED DEMAND FOR IMPORTED ENSLAVED LABOR -
ROYAL AFRICAN TRADE COMPANY LOSES MONOPOLY AND NEW ENGLAND COLONISTS ENTER SLAVE TRADE