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Jamestown Virginia, named after King James 1, was established in May of 1607 and was the first permanent English Settlement in America. The spot was chosen since it couldn't be seen from the shoreline and it would be easily defendable.
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The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in America. Established by Governor George Yeardley, the House of Burgesses was in Jamestown Virginia.
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After landing in Massachusetts, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact. The compact was an agreement that formed the basis of the colony's government.
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The Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, hundreds of miles north of Virginia where they were supposed to land. They founded a colony at Plymouth Rock, named after the port which they sailed out of.
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Chief Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Confederacy tried to rid the Plymouth colony of settlers. Three hundred of the Colonists were killed.
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Maryland was founded as a Catholic colony promoting religious tolerance. The subsequent state is named after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of England's Charles I.
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The Rhode Island colony was by Roger Williams two years after his banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was established with the promise of religious and political freedoms. Refugees from the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled there.
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The Pequot War was a war fought between the Pequot Indian tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Saybrook. The war was ended with the Treaty of Hartford. Only two hundred Pequot tribe members remained.
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Bacon's Rebellion causes the burning of Jamestown. Nathanial Bacon leads the rebellion of planters against Governor Berkeley. Bacon would perish and twenty-three others were executed.
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The colony of Pennsylvania was established when William Penn signs a treaty with the Delaware Indians and payed for Pennsylvania lands. The Pennsylvania Colony was a royal Colony that was permitted to give Quakers a place to settle.
