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Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in America. -
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler published his Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movements of the planets around sun. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo sees Jupiter through a telescope and shows the Copernican system which proves the planets circling the sun was right. -
King James Version of the Bible
The King James Version of the Bible was published. -
Pocahontas
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe who brings tobacco to the colony. Their marriage creates peace between the colonists and Native Americans. -
William Shakespeare Dies
This is when Shakespeare died -
Beginning of Thirty Years War
Protestants revolted against Catholic oppression. Germany was invaded by Denmark, France, and Sweden. Johannes Kepler also proposed the last three laws of Planetary Motion. -
Slavery in Jamestown
The first slaves were brought to Jamestown (Slavery was made legal later on though). -
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims from England arrive on the Mayflower. -
Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving is celebrated between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe who helped the colonists settle. -
New Amsterdam
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Man-a-hat-a-Indians for $24 and renames it New Amsterdam. -
Boston, Massachusetts
When John Winthrop founded Boston, Massachusetts. -
Copernican Theory
Galileo is forced to "recant" his Copernican Theory. -
Maryland
Maryland is founded as a Catholic colony that promotes "religious tolerance." -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams two years after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Harvard College
Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
End of the Thirty Years War
The German population is half of what it was in 1618 because of war and disease. -
Carolina
A charter was granted to establish Carolina by King Charles II. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac experiments with gravity. -
New York
The English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch and name it New York. -
Great Plague in London
The Great Plague in London kills 75,000 people -
Charleston
Charleston was founded in what is now present day South Carolina. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon revolts and causes the burning of Jamestown. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn when he signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians and buys the land. -
The First Newspaper
The first newspaper released in the United States in Boston, although it was "suppressed" and was not a regular thing until 1704. -
Mississippi and Louisiana
French settlers move to Mississippi and Louisiana. -
After Jamestown Burned
After Jamestown burned, the colonist abandoned it and moved to the Middle Plantation which soon became Williamsburg.
