Early American Timeline By Camden0610 Period: 1600 to 1776 Early America 1607 The Jamestown settlement is founded by John Smith. 1629 The Mayflower lands with the pilgrims at Plymouth. 1650 Colonial population is estimated at 50,400. 1664 English seize New Amsterdam 1692 The Salem witch trials take place in Massachusetts. 1752 Brittan and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. 1754 The French and Indian war begins 1763 The British win the French and Indian war.1763 1765 The British government imposes the stamp act on the colonies 1773 The Boston massacre 1775 The revolutionary war begins 1776 The American colonies declare independence as the United states of america.
