1600-1700

By xiomaraaa

  • Jamestown was Founded

    On May 14, 1607, a group of around 100 people that belonged to the Virginia Company founded Jamestown. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. (Horn, 2018)

  • First Meeting of the House of Burgesses

    The Virginia Company created and founded the House of Burgesses, which was a limited group made up of white landowners that met in Jamestown. (Goetz, 2012)

  • The First African Slaves Were Brought to Jamestown

    A Dutch slave ship sold around twenty Africans to the colonists of Virginia. This singular event set the stage for southern slavery in America. (Harris, 2003)

  • Pilgrims settled in Plymouth

    A group of separatists, Pilgrims, settled in Plymouth Colony and fleeing England. (Taylor, 2002)

  • The Massachusetts Bay Colony is Founded

    The Colony was founded by John Winthrop along with other Puritans. They were hoping to purify the Church of England and return to England with an improved religion. (Pestana, 1983)

  • First African Marriage in the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam

    Fear of interracial marriage led the Dutch to import African women to be slaves. This created the formation of 'African Dutch families'. (Harris, 2003)

  • The Start of the Salem Witch Trials

    A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts alleged they were possessed and accused several women of being witches. What they did began the Witch Trials which went on for several years and cost people their lives. (Demos, 1983)

  • French Settlers Move Into Mississippi and Louisiana

    Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French military officer from Canada, founded Ocean Springs Mississippi. At this time Louisiana was also being colonized. (Eckberg, 2000)