1600 - 1700

By Jaydon McAdams
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Americas first colony was founded in Virginia.
  • slavery

    slavery

    A Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves into Jamestown.
  • house of Burgesses

    house of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.
  • Massachusetts Bay

    Massachusetts Bay

    Settled in by a group of Puritan refugees from England.
  • First Navigation Act

    First Navigation Act

    A series of laws designed to limit English trading ships.
  • king philip's war start

    king philip's war start

    An armed conflict between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies.
  • bacon's rebellion

    bacon's rebellion

    A rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon
  • king philip's war end

    king philip's war end

    An armed conflict between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies.
  • king william's war

    king william's war

    A war between France and England for supremacy in North America
  • salem witch trials

    salem witch trials

    In colonial Massachusetts over 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed