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John Smith and other settlers land in the future Jamestown
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The pilgrims land in New England and sign the Mayflower Compact
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Squanto and other natives of the Wampanoag tribe teach the Pilgrims how to plant and harvest food. They celebrate the first thanksgiving in the fall of 1621
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Dutch settlers found New Amsterdam. The settlement would eventually become New York
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English Settlers found the colony of the Massachusetts Bay
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The English capture New Amsterdam in the second Anglo-Dutch War
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The war between English settlers in New England and the Wampanoag tribe led by Metacom
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The first rebellion of colonists against an English official