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First permanent English settlement in America
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Jamestown experiences a time of starvation due to supplies lost at sea and increased indigenous tension.
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A series of conflicts between the Iroquois and the northern Algonquians with their French allies.
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Consisted of three wars between the Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy and the colonists of Virginia.
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The first shipment of tobacco from Virginia is sent to England.
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First African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown
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Created by the Virginia Company, it is the first democratically elected legislative body in North America
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The Mayflower Compact is signed and is the first governing document of the Plymouth colony
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The Plymouth colony is founded by the Plymouth Company
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The Dutch establish the New Netherland Colony
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The Powhatan Indians attack and massacred the colonist in the colony of Virginia.
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King James the first revokes the charter of the Virginia Company therefore making the Virginia colony a royal colony.
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The Dutch West India Company establishes the New Amsterdam colony on Manhattan Island
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded by England.
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Founded by Puritans from England
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Founded by the British
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Founded in Massachusetts.
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An armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and the New England colonies and their allies.
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Connecticut Colony was founded by the British
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Founded by the English without a charter. New Haven Colony was slowly absorbed by the colony of Connecticut.
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Founded by Sweden
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The conflict between the colony of New Netherland and the Lenape Indians
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A military alliance between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.
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A large scale attack from the Susquehannock Indians and their allies on New Netherland.
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Conflict happened between the Dutch settlers in New Netherland and the Esopus Indians
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Conflict again happened between the Dutch settlers in New Netherland and the Esopus Indians. This started due to the Esopus Indians attacking Wiltwijck during peace talks.
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The Duke's Laws are issued for the colony of New York during English rule.
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The war between the English and Dutch over control of sea and trade routes.
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New Netherland is given to England in the Treaty of Breda
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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina are drawn up
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Spain establishes Santa Fe as the capital of the New Mexico Provence
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Charles Town is founded by the English
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The third war between the Dutch and the English
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New Netherland is permanently relinquished to English with the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War with the Treaty of Westminster
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The first of the Indian wars. It was between the indigenous people living in New Englands and the colonists of New England plus their indigenous allies.
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An armed rebellion in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley
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The first of six colonial wars between New France And New England
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The English Bill of Rights is presented to King Willian of Orange
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An uprising in the colony New York where Jacob Leisler seized control of the colony's south.
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The first newspaper in English colonies is issued in Boston
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The Salem witch trials take place in colonial Massachusetts
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Rice is introduced to the Province of Carolina.
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The Treaty of Ryswick signals the end of King William's War.
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Founded by William Penn by royal charter
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An uprising against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros in Boston.
