Colonial Era Timeline By jessicabaker26 Apr 27, 1584 Founding of Roanoke May 13, 1607 Founding of Jamestown May 13, 1607 Founding of Virginia Mar 22, 1622 Powhatan Confederation Attacks Jamestown Sep 13, 1622 Founding of Maine Mar 19, 1625 Founding of Massachusetts Jan 18, 1627 Founding of New Hampshire Aug 29, 1632 Birth of John Locke Mar 25, 1634 Founding of Maryland Sep 13, 1635 Founding of Connecticut Jul 4, 1636 Founding of Rhode Island Mar 29, 1638 Founding of Delaware Sep 13, 1650 Navigation Acts Sep 13, 1653 Founding of North Carolina Sep 13, 1663 Founding of South Carolina Jun 24, 1664 Founding of New Jersey Sep 8, 1664 Founding of New York Jun 1, 1675 King Phillip's War Sep 13, 1676 Bacon's Rebellion Jan 5, 1682 Founding of Pennsylvania Jan 18, 1689 Birth of Baron Montesqieu Mar 1, 1692 Salem Witch Trials Sep 13, 1700 The Enlightenment begins Oct 28, 1704 Death of John Locke Jan 17, 1706 Birth of Benjamin Franklin Jun 28, 1712 Birth of Jean Jacques Rousseau Sep 13, 1732 Founding of Georgia Sep 13, 1740 First Great Awakening Feb 10, 1755 Death of Baron Montesqieu Sep 13, 1763 Founding of Quebec Jul 2, 1778 Death of Jean Jacques Rousseau Apr 17, 1790 Death of Benjamin Franklin