Chapter three dates By I like cats Jul 5, 1605 A company of English merchants asked King James I for the right to found a new settlement A company of English merchants asked King James I for the right to found a new settlement Period: Dec 5, 1605 to Sep 11, 1776 Chapter three dates Mar 3, 1606 The King granted the request pf the company to settle in a region called Virginia Aug 16, 1607 The first 105 colonists sent by London Company arrived in America Oct 17, 1608 Pilgrims moved to the Netherlands Nov 16, 1608 John Smith took control of Jamestown and built a fort Oct 17, 1609 400 more settlers arrived in Jamestown Oct 17, 1610 Only 60 colonists had survived through the winter Oct 17, 1613 Dutch founded Netherlands Oct 17, 1614 John Rolfe married Pocahontas Oct 17, 1619 Virginia's assembly was established Oct 17, 1619 Dutch ship brought the first Africans to Virginia Oct 17, 1620 Calvert asked King Charles I for a charter to make a new catholic colony Oct 17, 1620 Mayflower Compact was signed and Mayflower left England Oct 17, 1621 Samoset came to the colonists' settlement Oct 17, 1622 Colonists killed a Powhatan leader Oct 17, 1624 The English canceled the London Company's charter Oct 17, 1629 Charles granted Puritans and Merchants a charter to settle in New England Oct 17, 1630 Fleet of ships left England for religious freedom Oct 17, 1632 Charles issued the charter to Calvert's son Oct 17, 1633 Charles II gave Carolina to eight of his supporters Oct 17, 1633 Many English people left England Oct 17, 1634 200 English Catholics came to Maryland Oct 17, 1636 Hokker and his followers left Massachutes to help found Connecticut Oct 17, 1639 Hooker wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Oct 17, 1640 Protestants moved to Maryland Oct 17, 1644 General court became a two house Oct 17, 1649 Toleration act enacted Oct 17, 1664 English fleet captured New Amsterdam Oct 17, 1681 Charles II granted Penn a charter to begin a colony west of New Jersey Oct 17, 1682 Duke of York sold Penn a region south of Pennsylvania Oct 17, 1685 James II became King of England Oct 17, 1686 James II united the Northern Colonies under one government Oct 17, 1689 English Bill Of Rights passed Oct 17, 1700 45% of women and 70% of men in New England could read and write Oct 17, 1712 Carolina split into two Oct 17, 1719 Proprietary government was overthrown Oct 17, 1729 Crown made the Carolinas royal colonies Oct 17, 1732 King George II granted a charter to Oglethorpe to found Georgia Oct 17, 1733 Oglethorpe and 120 colonists founded the city of Savannah Oct 17, 1750 135,000 indentured servants came to the middle colonies Oct 17, 1752 British government made Georgia a royal colony with new laws Oct 17, 1760 Philadelphia is the largest British colonial city Oct 17, 1776 Delaware is no longer part of Pennsylvania
