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1600-1700 USH

By KyaPrescott

  • 1600

  • Founding of Jamestown

    English arrived in North America and settled. This is known as the first permanent English settlement in North America.

  • First African Slaves

    20-30 enslaved Africans arrived in today's Fort Monroe in Hampton. They were traded for supplies and goods.

  • Founding of Massachusetts Bay

    English colony on the east coast of North America.

  • Toleration Act

    Act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to nonconformists.

  • First Navigation Act

    The first Navigation Act declared that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, and North American colonies could only export goods to England. It was aimed at the Dutch, and then England's greatest commercial rivals. This Navigation Act led to many others.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    It began with a local dispute between the Doeg Indians. It demonstrated that the poor of different races could be united in a cause.

  • Pueblo Revolt

    The Pueblo Revolt was a revolution against Spanish religious, economic, and political institutions that were imposed on the Pueblos.

  • Glorious Revolution

    The term Glorious Revolution was first used in 1689, sums up the events leading to the deposition of James II and VII of England, Ireland, and Scotland.

  • King William's War

    King William's War was an armed conflict between England and France. They battled over control of North America, particularly the fur trade.

  • Salem Witch Trials

    A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. It happened between February 1692 and May 1693 in colonial Massachusetts.

  • 1700