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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement made by the Virginia Company of London in southeast Virginia. The English's main goal in settling in Jamestown was to start the expansion of European country's abroad into new land like America.
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The House of Burgesses was a legislative assembly developed by Governor George Yeardley shortly after the English's arrival in Jamestown. It was the first representative assembly in America, and they met for the first time in Virginia. Different people had the chance to be elected as representatives in the House but only white men who owned a specific amount of land were eligible to vote representatives in.
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This marked the beginning of slavery in America
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The Puritans expedition started in England and made its way towards the New World. On September 6th they reached Cape Cod in America, but it was not their goal destination which was Virginia. Regardless, they explored the coastline to find a proper settlement for their people
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On December 20, 1620 the Puritans finally settle in Plymouth. They started by forming the Mayflower Compact, which established their government and legal structure. During the next winter, half of the colonists died and to their surprise the place that they were settled was actually the location of an Indian village that had been wiped out in 1617 by a plague.
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The first Thanksgiving celebration is held in the autumn for three days between the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe, who had helped them settle and plant the colony's land.
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The Massacre occurred when Chief Opchanacanough and the Powhatan Confederacy tried to rid the colony of settlers. Three hundred people from the colony were killed
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The Massachusetts colony became the first colony to legalize slavery.
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This Constitution was drafted in the hopes of separating church from state, as well as permitting public referendums and initiatives in legislation.
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Not only is slavery legalized in Connecticut, but it also becomes recognized in the American colonies.
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The war took place in southern New England. It was the Native Americans last effort to stop the English from taking them over and settling in their lands.
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King Philips war will be known as one of the deadliest wars in American history, thousands of Indians were killed, wounded or captured and sold into slavery or indentured servitude. The war decimated the Narragansett, Wampanoag and many smaller tribes and mostly ended Indian resistance in southern New England, which ended up paving the way for more English settlements.
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King William's War, also known as the Second Indian War, begins the first in a series of colonial wars between New France and the British colonies. This ended up lasting nine years.
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The Salem witch hunts, ignited by preaching, results in the arrest of one hundred and fifty people and the death of nineteen in accusations of them being witches. These trials were held in Essex, Suffolk, and Middle-sex counties.
