1600-1700 Timeline

By Haylee.8
  • Jamestown was founded

    Jamestown was founded

    In 1607, 104 English men and buys arrived in North America to start a settlement. This was the birth of Jamestown
  • The Starving Time

    The Starving Time

    This period of starvation lasted from 1609-1610. It forced many people to result to eating their shoes, other sources of leather, and even cannibalism.
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses was established in Virginia in 1619. It governed the colony in partnership with the King of England.
  • First African Slave Ships

    First African Slave Ships

    The first African slaves were brought to America in 1619 on a Dutch ship. These slaves were brought into Jamestown.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact was a set a rules established by the English settlers who travelled to the New World on the Mayflower.
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded.

    Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded.

    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1928 when a group of about 1,000 Puritans refugees arrived from England.
  • First Navigation Act Passed

    First Navigation Act Passed

    The Navigation Act was a series of rules designed to limit England's carrying trade to English ships.
  • King Phillips War

    King Phillips War

    King Phillips War was an armed conflict that lasted from 1675-1678 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and their colonists.
  • Bacons Rebellion

    Bacons Rebellion

    Bacons Rebellion was an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers and was led by Nathaniel Bacon.
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    The Salem Witch Trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts. Over 200 people were accused of practicing witch craft, and 20 were killed.