HIST2113 1600-1700

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  • Port Royal Established

    Port Royal was established by traders who hoped to explore the Atlantic Coast

  • The Virginia Company Established

    England began to explore the New World looking for valuable trade substances.

  • Jamestown Established

    Englishmen aboard three ships settled on Jamestown in present-day Virginia.

  • Quebec is founded

    Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain, beginning what was known as "New France".

  • The Dutch settled New York

    The Dutch government hired Henry Hudson to discover the "Northwest Passage" through North America. He failed, but did discover New York, and settled it as Dutch territory.
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    The Starving Time in Jamestown

    400 more settlers arrived in Jamestown. Supplies were lost at sea, settlers went to war with the Powhatan people. Settlers resorted to foraging, eating boiled leather, corpses of humans and animals. By the summer of 1610, only 60 settlers remained.

  • First Permanent European Settlement

    Santa Fe was the first European settlement established in the Southwest by Governor Don Pedro de Peralta

  • Pocahontas and John Rolfe Marry

    The marriage eased the tension between the Powhatan people and the English settlers,

  • The First Tobacco Crop

    John Rolfe blended Trinidad and Guiana strains of Tobacco and planted Virginia's first tobacco crop.Tobacco Remains America's leading crop until the cotton boom.

  • House of Burgesses

    Established by the Virginia Company and made of up land owners, the House of Burgesses was the Colonies first elected general assembly.

  • Plymouth Settlement Established by New England

  • Dutch-West India Company

    The Netherlands established the Dutch-West India Company and established settlements in Africa, the Caribbean, and North America.

  • Opechancanough's Surprise Attack on Jamestown

    Opechancanough launched a surprise attack killing over 350 colonists. In turn, the Virginia governor ordered a colonial policy to run the "savages" out and gain control of the land.

  • New Amsterdam and Manhattan Island Established

    The Dutch-West India Trading Company established colonies in New Amsterdam and Manhattan Island to grow their fur trade.

  • The Dutch Purchased Manhattan

    Dutch Leader, Peter Minuit "bought" Manhattan, NY from the Munsee, Native American people. The Munsee people and the Dutch had two different understandings of this purchase.

  • Introduction of Slavery into the New World

    Due to a labor shortage in North American Dutch lands, the Dutch began bringing in enslaved laborers.
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    Charles I rules England

  • Massachusetts Bay Established by New England

  • Chesapeake Bay

    King Charles I dedicated 12 million acres of land for future settlements

  • Connecticut Established by New England

  • Rhode Island Established by New England

  • Newtown/ Hartford founded

    Thomas Hooker founded Newtown in June 1636
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    Pequot War

    War between New England and Pequot People

  • New Haven Established

    John Davenport settled in New Haven.
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    Governor Kieft's War

    War between New Netherlands and Lenape Indians

  • Civil War in England

    The Irish Rebellion and the strained relationship between King Charles and Parliament Contributed to a Civil War in England

  • Another Virginia Slave Law

    This law made African Women a "tithable" purchase.

  • Charles I is executed

    Parliament won the war in England, and they had Charles executed, and England became a republic under Oliver Cromwell

  • Navigation Act of 1651

    Restricted trade goods coming into England trying to make Britain more self-sufficient.
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    the Two Esopus Wars

    War Between Dutch settlers and Esopus Indians

  • First Bible Published in America

    Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson published the first Bible in America.

  • Virginia Slave Laws

    This law stated that the children of an enslaved woman would inherit their mother's condition

  • New Netherlands goes to England

    New Netherlands' small populations made them vulnerable to attack by Great Britain. In 1664, the Dutch were forced to hand over their lands.

  • Founding of Charleston

    Established by British colonists as a port for slave trading.

  • The Great Swamp Fight

    1,000 Englishmen set fire to the village of Narragansett, and killed as many as 1,000 Narragansett men, women, and children
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    King Phillip's War

    Battle between New England and Native Americans who encroached on the settled land

  • Bacon's Rebellion

  • Dominion of New England

    Created by King James II to consolidate New England Colonies.

  • Petition Against Slavery

    The Society of Friends in Germantown started a petition with the Quakers to protest slavery.
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    the Glorious Revolution

  • New England's Bill of Rights Passage

    Parliament passed a Bill of Rights which curtailed the power of the monarchy and cemented Protestantism in England

  • Paper Bills Introduced

    Massachusetts became the first place to issue paper bills as money
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    Salem Witch Trials

    Fourteen women and six men were executed for being "witches".

  • Decree of Sanctuary

    The Spanish King the Decree of Sanctuary, giving freedom to enslaved people fleeing English Colonies if they converted to Spanish beliefs.