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Jamestown was the first English settlement in America. Jamestown is located in Virginia and it served as the capital of Virginia until 1699. The settlement was named after King James I who chose the settlement and sent men to search for gold.
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On May 12, 1611, the first Kings Jame version of the Bible was published for the first time.
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The Smallpox epidemic in 1618-1619 wiped out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area.
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The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in America. the General Assembly first met at the church in Jamestown. They would meet once a year with their royal governor to decide local laws and determine local taxation.
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The Mayflower set sail in July of 1620. They intended to land in northern Virginia but storms took the ship off its course and they landed in Massachusetts, near Cape Cod. The Mayflower Compact was written so that they could have a functioning society and treat each other properly.
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This war was located in New England. The primary cause for this war was the struggle to control trade. This war was between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes.
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A series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. This war occurred mainly because of the topic of England's governance and religious freedom.
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Isaac Newton invented the first reflecting telescope by experimenting with different metals and polishing methods. He chose an alloy (speculum metal) of tin and copper for his objective mirror for the telescope.
