America 1600-1700

By Rachel B
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    America 1600-1700

  • Jamestown

    The London Company established Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. This first British colony was largely unsuccessful, due to the lack of farmers among the population

  • Establishment of Quebec

    Established by the French in 1608, Quebec was home to numerous fur-trading enterprises.

  • Establishment of Santa Fe

    Sante Fe's establishment as the capital of the Spanish province of New Mexico by Don Pedro de Peralta in 1610 makes it the oldest state capital in the United States.

  • Pocahontas marries John Rolfe

  • Creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses

    The first representative assembly in the colonies, the Virgina Houe of Burgesses plays an important role in early Virginian history.

  • Landing of the Mayflower

    100 British men and women land at Plymouth Rock, but remain on the Mayflower due to the extreme cold.

  • Good Friday Attacks

    Chief Opechancanough attacks Jamestown on Good Friday, March 22, 1622, in an attempt to drive the English colonists away.

  • New Amsterdam Settled

    New Amsterdam, the first permanent Dutch settlement in America, was settled in June 1623. Today, Manhattan marks the spot where this Dutch colony once thrived.

  • New Hampshire Established

    New Hampshire, granted to Captain John Mason, was settled by a group of English fishermen.

  • Jamestown becomes a Royal Colony

    The King revokes Jamestown's self-governing charter as a result of the Good Friday attacks.

  • Settlers arrive in Maryland

    Lord Baltimore's son Leonard Calvert brings Catholic settlers to Maryland in 1624 in an attempt to escape religious persecution in England.

  • Rhode Island- "The Sewer of New England"

    Roger Williams established Rhode Island as a haven for religious liberty after being banished from Massachusetts Bay.

  • Founding of Connecticut

    Massachusetts Bay dissidents, led by Thomas Hooker, established the colony of Connecticut.

  • Harvard College is founded

    The oldest college in America, Harvard was founded in Cambridge, Massachussets.

  • Navigation Act of 1651

    Rules all goods leaving the colonies must be transported on English ships.

  • Jews arrive in America

    23 Jewish settlers land in New Amsterdam.

  • Navigation Act of 1660

    Makes it illegal for the American colonies to send staple goods such as cotton and sugar anywhere else but england.

  • Staple Act

    Rules any goods going to the colonies must pass through England.

  • Carolina granted as a Proprietorship

    Carolina is granted to 8 proprietors in 1663.

  • New York and New Jersey become Colonies

    Originally New Netherlands, the land that would become New York and New Jersey is granted to James II and New York and New Jersey both become proprietary colonies in 1664.

  • Plantation Duty Act

    Creates a tax on goods shipped from one colony to another.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Enraged by the behavior of the Native Americans, Virginian Nathaniel Bacon created a militia to attack Native Americans indiscriminately. When the Governor of Virginia refuses to support him, Bacon leads a rebellion intending to burn Jamestown. English troops quell the rebellion, and 23 of its leaders are hanged.
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    King Philip's War

    Caused by land, trade, and cultural arguments, this war between the colonists and Native Americans ends in the death or removal of 20-25% of the Native American population in New England.

  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania is established as a Quaker haven by William Penn in 1681.
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    Dominion of New England

    England creates an organization that unites New England under one administrative unit in order to assert more control over the colonies. It is unpopular with the colonists, and only lasts three years.

  • Glorious Revolution

    James II, King of England, is overthrown and William and Mary of Orange accede the throne and establish a new constitutional monarchy.

  • English Bill of Rights

    A precursor to the Bill of Rights to the U.S Constitution, the English bill of rights establishes the rights of British subjects.

  • Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Unite

    The Puritan colony of Plymouth and the Seperatist colony of Massachusetts Bay become the unified colony of Massachusetts Bay.

  • Virginia bans interracial marriage

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Betty Paris and Abigail Williams begin accusing women of witchcraft in Salem in early 1692. A flurry of accusations follow, and by October 1692, 26 have been convicted of witchcraft.