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Jamestown, South Virginia, becomes the first English settlement in the Americas after many previous attempts.
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John Rolfe's marriage to Pocahontas brings eight years of peace between the indians and the Americans.
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The House of Burgesses becomes the first representative assembly in America.
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The Puritan expedition coming from England lands in New England at Cape Cod.
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The pilgrims that landed in Cape Cod start settling in Plymouth and form the Mayflower Compact, a set of rules governing the English that had settled in Plymouth.
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Chief Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Confederacy try to drive the English settlers out. The peace obtained through the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe is no more. About 300 English people were killed.
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Peter Minuit buys the island from the Man-a-ha-ta Indians for $24
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Maryland is founded as a Catholic colony in the Americas and promotes religious freedom.
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The indians attack the English settlement of Jamestown but the attack was unsuccessful.
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The constitution separated church and state and motivated people to participate in legislation.
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British troops take New Amsterdam from the Dutch in a non-violent takeover.
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King Phillip's War begins when the Metacom indians attacked English settlements due to intrusion of their lands.
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The end of the war marks the end of the last major effort to drive the English out of America by the Native Americans.
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Nathanial Bacon intitiates a rebellion against Governor Berkeley over alleged thefts from Native Americans in Jamestown. Jamestown is burned down.
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Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle explores the area of the lower Mississippi River Valley and claims it for France.
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William Penn signs a treaty with Delaware Indians and obtains the lands of Pennsylvania.
