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Jamestown
Three English ships named The Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed, led by Captain Christopher Newport land in Jamestown, establishing the first English settlement in the United States. There are 103 settlers among them. Upon arrival, Captain John Smith is named to the governing council. -
Iroquois Battle
Samuel Champlain battles an Iroquois party after his further exploration of the New World discovers Lake Champlain in early July and claims Vermont for the Kingdom of France. -
Pilgrims land
The Pilgrims, which left England on September 6, 1620, establish settlement in Plymouth in December 20, 1620. They form the Mayflower Compact, and sadly, many of the Pilgrims died because of the harsh winter. -
The first Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims have the first Thanksgiving feast with the Wampanoag Indians to celebrate a successful settling and to thank the Indians for helping them survive, grow crops, and catch fish. -
Indian Massacre of 1622
Three hundred colonist settlers were killed by Chief Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Confederacy whenever they rid the colony of settlers. -
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island is founded as a colony by Roger Williams two years after his banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
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Pequot War
The Pequot War happened between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Plymouth and Saybrook colonies.The war happened because of growing tensions between the two groups of people and resulted in the Pequot tribe losing. -
Harvard
Harvard College is founded in Cambridge Massachusetts. -
Powhatan Indians attack Jamestown
In the last Indian rebellion in the region, Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Indians attack the English at Jamestown, but their effort is repulsed and proves unsuccessful. -
The Navigation Act
The Navigation act is passed by British Parliament to control colonial commerce in the New World. -
Pennsylvania
The colony of Pennsylvania is established when William Penn signs a treaty with the Delaware Indians and pays for Pennsylvania lands. -
Plymouth colony ends
The Plymouth colony, which had remained independent since its founding in 1620, joins the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch hunts, spurred by preaching, results in the arrest of one hundred and fifty people and the death of nineteen. These trials were held in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties.
