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Jamestown, first English settlement, established
Virginia Company sent three ships carrying 104 colonists to America. In May 1607 they reached Chesapeake Bay, but to avoid Spanish raiders they settled about 40 miles inland along a river, and named it James. Later Fort James was renamed Jamestown. -
First African Slaves in the United States
In 1619 an English ship called the White Lion stopped at Point Comfort, Virginia, near Jamestown and unloaded 20 black men, these people would be known as the first enslaved Africans mainland. -
Maryland Founded
10 years after Virginia became a royal colony, north of the Chesapeake Bay a new settlement appeared named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, and became the first proprietary colony, one individual owned it. It was a roman Catholic, Calvert that owned it. -
Connecticut Founded
Reverend Thomas Hooker led three congregations form Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut Valley where Connecticut General Court adopted the fundamental Orders, laws that provided for a Christian Commonwealth, like Massachusetts but voting isn't limited to church members. -
Rhode Island Formed
Like many New English Colonies, Rhode Island started as a result of Massachusetts Bay people being unsatisfied by Puritan control. Roger Williams was one of the first to start causing problems, and because of some of the things he did, Williams got banished to England, but before being deported, Williams found a shelter with Narragansett Indians. He then bought the land from the Indians and created the first permanent settlement in Rhode Island. -
Pequot War
Most New England Puritans viewed Indians as demons that had no place in New England. and in 1636 Massachusetts settlers accused Pequot of murdering a colonist, so the settlers set fire to the Pequot Village, in this they killed men, women and children. Sassacus, the Pequot Chief organized a counterattack, during the war the colonists and their allies killed hundreds of Pequot's including unarmed women and children. And under terms of the Treaty of Hartford, the Pequot Nation was dissolved. -
Toleration Acts in Maryland
A Revolutionary document that welcomed all Christians regardless of their denomination or beliefs. In response to Cecilius Calvert not wanting to lose his colony after King Charles I got executed after the Puritans took control of England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
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Pennsylvania Established
The society known as the Quakers became the most influential of several new religious groups. Founded in England Quakers rebelled against all forms of political and religious authority. Quakers suffered intense persecution. New England Puritans banned them. The settling of English Quakers in West Jersey encouraged other friends to migrate. Then William Penn founded a Quaker commonwealth, the colony of Pennsylvania. Upon William Penn's fathers death, William inherited his fortune and bought Penn. -
King Philip's War