1600 1700s

1600-1700

By KBurkham
  • Period: to

    1600-1700

  • Jamestown Virginia is founded

    Jamestown Virginia is founded

    First permanent English settlement.
  • Slave Trade Began in America

    Slave Trade Began in America

    Started in Jamestown, Virginia

  • The House of Burgesses

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

  • The Plymouth Colony

    Massachusetts had a colony called the Plymouth colony established by Pilgrims from England seeking religious freedom. They rode on the Mayflower.

  • Population

    The colonial population reached around 50,400 people.

  • Manifest Destiny

    Americans began moving West to expand their land.

  • New York

    English seized New Amsterdam and renamed it New York.