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Roanoke
Roanoke is founded under the sponsorship of Sir Walter Raleigh -
great migration (puritan)
many young English people migrated to America -
Jamestown
Jamestown, the longest lasting English settlement, is founded. -
house of Burgesses
House of Burgesses is established, to be used as a meeting hall for a governing body of England. -
Mayflower, Plymouth, and the Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower sets sail, landing in Cape Cod. The settlement is named Plymouth. The Mayflower compact was signed aboard the Mayflower. It laid the framework for the Plymouth government. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The colony is founded in 1630 by Puritans seeking religious freedom. -
Maryland
Maryland is established as a haven for Roman Catholics. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williiams after he is banished from Massachusetts. -
Connecticut
Connecticut is founded and its borders are finalized. -
New York
New Amsterdam is captured and renamed New York. -
Bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon holds an armed rebellion against William Berkeley. -
Salem Witch Trials
Many young girls are tried and executed for "witchcraft" -
French-Indian war
A fight between France and Great Britain, to determine who owned America. (apparently, no one thought to ask the Natives.) -
Albany plan
Benjamin Franklin proposes a unified government for the British colonies.