-
1601
Dutch Defeat the Portuguese -
1605
The first capital of Acadia is established as Port-Royal -
1607
Jamestown, Virginia becomes the first English Settlement in North America; which is founded by John Smith and English gold seekers. -
1608
The founding of Quebec -
1610
Santa Fe, New Mexico is established -
1612
The Dutch establish a fur trading center -
1619
The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. -
1622
Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia -
1625
King James I dies -
1628
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded -
1632
Province of Maryland founded -
1636
Connecticut Colony founded by Thomas Hooker -
1636
Harvard College is founded -
1640
French and Iroquois Wars escalate -
1643
New England Confederation created -
1649
Execution of King Charles I -
1656
First Quakers arrive in New England -
1658
Death of Oliver Cromwell -
Period: to
1659-1663
Esopus Wars -
1662
Halfway Covenant adopted -
1665
The Duke's laws are issued -
1669
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina are drawn up -
1670
Charles Town founded in present-day South Carolina -
1672
Blue laws enacted in Connecticut -
1675
King Phillip's War in New England -
1680
Pueblo Revolution -
1685
Charles II dies and his brother of York becomes King James II -
1688
The Glorius Revolution occurs -
1690
The first newspaper issued in the English colonies is published in Boston -
1699
Capital of Virginia moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg