1600-1700's

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  • Santa Fe

    Most Native Americans tolerated the Franciscans and established Santa Fe

  • Jamestown

    first permanent English settlement in the Americas, founded in the Colony of Virginia.

  • Established Quebec

    Became a cast fur-trading enterprise
    Set in motion – devastating Indian wars
    Conflicts reduced Iroquois population
    French priests sought converts
    Different from Spanish

  • Slaves

    First African slaves arrived

  • Mayflower compact

    This document was the first government for British colonials in America.

  • Henry Hudson

    English Sea Captain
    Claimed Atlantic coast June 1623: organizing first permanent Dutch settlement
    1640: Turning point
    Profits flowed to Amsterdam

  • Massachusetts Bay colony

    was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were located in southern New England in Massachusetts, with initial settlements situated on two natural harbors and surrounding land, about 15.4 miles (24.8 km) apart[1]—the areas around Salem and Boston.

  • Puritan Revolution

    Puritan Revolution. Puritan Revolution • The Puritan Revolution is also known as the English Revolution it was for general designation for the period in English history from 1640 to 1660. • It began with the calling of the Long Parliament by King Charles I and proceeded through two civil wars.

  • Peter Stuyvesant

    Found New Amsterdam in disarray New Amsterdam grew and became quite successful “Problems” with Native Americans

  • Maryland Toleration

    also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City

  • Navigation Act

    Certain enumerate articles produced in Empire could only be shipped to England or to another British colony

  • Staple Act

    Jump to navigation Jump to search. The term Staple Act may refer to any of the following pieces of legislation:-. Statute of the Staple, a 1353 English statute. Staple Act of 1663, one of the English Navigation Acts. Stopping Trained in America PhDs From Leaving the Economy Act, a 2011 bill in the United States Congress.

  • Monmouth’s Rebellion

    The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II. Prince James, Duke of York, had become King of England, Scotland, and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship.

  • Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law. William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascension to the throne as William III of England jointly with his wife, Mary II, James's daughter.