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Virginia Company Established
The Virginia Company is established with the hopes of discovering riches in North America. -
Jamestown Founded
The Virginia Company sends three ships to North America and founds Jamestown, Virginia. -
Santa Fe Founded
The first permanent settlement in the Southwest is established by the Spanish. -
First Tobacco Planted
John Rolfe plants the first tobacco plants in Jamestown. -
Plymouth Colony Founded
Pilgrims sail to America and found the Plymouth Colony. -
Peter Minuit Purchases Manhattan
Peter Minuit, a Dutchman, purchases Manhattan island from the Munsee Indians and establishes New Amsterdam. -
Colony of Maryland Created
Charles I creates a new colony North of the Chesapeake Bay and names it after Queen Mary. -
Thomas Hooker Founds Newtown
Thomas Hooker leads about 100 to found the settlement of Newtown, Connecticut. -
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Pequot War
Puritans in New England venture into Native American inhabited territory and burn Pequot villages. -
Britain Takes Control of New Netherlands
Britain invades New Netherlands and renames the colony New York. -
Charles Town Founded
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King Philip's War
Metacom leads Native Americans against British colonists. -
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Susquehannock War & Bacon's Rebellion
A feud over the debts owed between a white colonist and a Native American escalate into a war between the Susquehannock Indians and colonists from Virginia and Maryland. Nathaniel Bacon, dissatisfied with Virginia's response to the war, forms a militia and takes control of the Virginia government for a short period. -
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Glorious Revolution
Wiliam of Orange (a Protestant) forces James I (a Catholic) out of the British throne and becomes King, cementing Protestantism in England and her colonies.