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The Virginia Company established
The Virginia Company was established in 1603. They hoped to discover and extract the riches in the New World, drawing inspiration from Cortes. They hoped to find anything valuable, and worth trading all from under the watchful eye of the Spanish, which is why they hoped to find a river away from the Spanish's eye. -
Men boarded three ships
In 1607, three ships were boarded by Englishmen, the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed. They sailed in what is now Virginia, and settled there. They settled on a peninsula uninhabited by Indians, because of its poor water that contained diseases, and the terrible soil. -
Henry Hudson commissioned
In 1609, the Dutch commissioned Henry Hudson, an English navigator to discover a rumored passage, the Northwest Passage, which ran through North America. He failed at this, but discovered the Hudson River, and claimed what is now New York for the Dutch. -
Tobacco saves Jamestown
In 1609, John Rolfe planted Virginia's first tobacco crop by crossing tobacco stains from Trinidad and Guiana. This helped save Jamestown because it was one of the first things that brought Jamestown a sustainable revenue. In 1617, they sent the crop to Europe, which fetched a high price there and also greatly boomed in the New World. -
Santa Fe established
In 1610, Juan de Onate led 400 soldiers, missionaries, and settlers from Mexico to New Mexico in 1598. 12 years later, he established Santa Fe, the first permanent European settlement. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An argument that began over a pig, When a group of Doeg Indians visited Thomas Matthews to collect a debt owed to them. Matthews refused to pay, so they took some of his pigs. When the governor refused to do anything about the Indians, who not only took pigs but murdered and pillaged certain colonists decided to take matters into their own hands. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, they not only stalked the hostile Indians, but they killed the friendly Indians as well. -
The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was a peaceful coup. It wasn't bloody like most revolutions prior. Parliament offered the throne to to the Dutch Prince William of Holland and his wife Mary, daughter of James II. -
Salem Witch Trials
Women had claimed to be possessed by the devil, and other civilians believed certain men and women were practicing the super natural, so paranoia swept through Massachusetts. Soon Salem Town, Salem Village, Ipswich, and Andover all tried men and women as witched. Some were executed and others died in the prisons.