1600-1700

By TrentMaddox

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America.
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    Smallpox

    Smallpox epidemic wipes out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area.

  • The House of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time

  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established. The Mayflower Compact is signed.

  • Thanksgiving

    The first Thanksgiving celebration is held.

  • Harvard College

    October 28, 1636 - Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Colonial Population

    Colonial population is estimated at 50,400.

  • New Amsterdam

    English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York.