-
The Roanoke Colony is founded
-
The Jamestown Settlement is established.
-
Henry Hudson explores the northeast coast and the Hudson River.
-
The first representative government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown.
-
Plymouth Colony is founded by the Pilgrims.
-
The Puritans found the city of Boston
-
The Quakers arrive in New England
-
Delaware separates from Pennsylvania becoming a new colony
-
The Liberty Bell is cracked when it is first rung in testing. It was fixed by 1753.
-
Bostonian colonists protest the Tea Act with the Boston Tea Party