1600-1700

By Russellgray

  • Jamestown established

    First permanent english settlement in America

  • The House of Burgesses

    The first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia.

  • Plymouth Colony Established and Mayflower Compact

    Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government.

  • Harvard College Established

    First College in North America

  • Population at 50,400

  • English Defeat The Dutch, Claim New York

    Formally New Amsterdam, The English defeat the Dutch and set up New York

  • The Indian War/King Phillips War

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon and 23 others die burning Jamestown