America in the 1600s

The Start of America 1600-1700

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    The first lasting English colony in North America. They hoped to find riches (gold).
  • French Trading Post

    French Trading Post

    First fur trading post in North America.
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    The first legislature in Virginia.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrims signed the compact when they landed in Plymouth. The "Socia Contract" agreed to obey the laws between the colonist.
  • First Post Office

    First Post Office

    The first post office in colonial America was located in a bar in Boston.
  • Fundamental Orders of Conneticut

    Fundamental Orders of Conneticut

    First constitution written in America.
  • Massachusetts Slave State

    Massachusetts Slave State

    Massachusetts becomes the first state that allowed slavery in the North American colonies.
  • King Philip's War

    King Philip's War

    The war was between Indian inhabitants of New England against New England colonists along with their Indian allies.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    Created by the Parliament in England, which was the basis for the American Bill of Rights.
  • First Newspaper

    First Newspaper

    The first American newspaper was published, "Publick Occurrences: Both Foreign and Domestick"
  • Period: to

    The Shaping of America 1700-1800