Early America By lack671 1492 Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage to the Americas. 1607 The Jamestown Settlement is established. 1614 John Rolfe married Pocahontas. 1638 New Sweden is founded along the Delaware River. 1675 King Philip's War begins between the colonists in New England and a group of Native American tribes including the Wampanoag people. 1682 The city of Philadelphia is founded. 1702 The Colony of New Jersey is formed by the merging of East and West Jersey. 1718 New Orleans is founded. 1752 The Liberty bell cracked. 1765 The British government passes the Stamp Act. 1776 US Declaration of Independence is signed. 1789 French revolution begins.