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Jamestown, the first English colony in North America, founded in 1607 by one-hundred and four settlers who had sailed to North America aboard three ships, the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed.
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The first city in New France is founded by Samuel de Champlain. This was the first permanent settlement that was not meant to be just a trading post.
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Sante Fe was founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, and it is the oldest capital city in the United States.
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In 1616 John Rolfe was the first colonist to plant tobacco on American soil.
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In 1619, the House of Burgresses was established by the Virginia Company, and it was the lower house of the colonial Virginia government.
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In 1620, the pilgrims from Plymouth, England founded Plymouth Colony and signed the Mayflower Compact.
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In 1625 New Amsterdam was founded by the Dutch West India Company in order to establish trade in the area.
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In 1628 the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by investors and quickly became the largest colony in New England.
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In 1636 Connecticut was founded by the Dutch in order to create a settlement for the Puritans.
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Connecticut legalizes slavery which causes other colonies to follow in it's footsteps.
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Starting in 1651, the Navigation Act, which aimed at controlling colonial commerce, is passed by the British Parliament.
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King Philip's War was a conflict between indigenous people of New England and the colonists of New England.
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In 1690, the Province of Massachusetts began to use paper bills as money.
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The Salem Witch Trials were a series of accusations and then trials that resulted in more than 200 people being killed due to practicing witchcraft.
