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U.S. History 1600-1700

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  • Jamestown is Established

    The first English settlement in the United States

  • House of Burgesses

    First representative assembly is elected in Jamestown

  • Mayflower Compact

    First government framework to be signed for the Americas. It was signed by Puritans aboard the Mayflower.

  • Plymouth

    Puritans establish a new settlement

  • Indian Massacre of 1622

    Native American attack on Jamestown that killed 1/3 of the colony

  • Massachusetts Legalizes Slavery

    The first colony to do so in the Americas

  • Navigation Act

    Passed by the British Parliament

  • British Troops Seize New Netherlands from the Dutch

    City of New Amsterdam is changed to New York

  • Bacon's Rebellion

  • Pennsylvania Colony is Founded

    William Penn signs a treaty with Delaware Indians and pays for the land

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Lasted through May of 1693