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The first colony was founded in Jamestown.
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The Headright System was set up by the London Company.
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The pilgrims made their own government the basis of witch was the Mayflower Compact.
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The Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620.
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Virginia Became the first royal colony
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Three settlements joined together to form a unified government creating a document called the Fundamental Orders of Conneticut, the first written constitution in America.
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The quakers or society of friends was a protestant sect founded in England.
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New Jersey was settled. The duke of York granted land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley who named their colony New Jersey.
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The Plantation Duty Act was placed.
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King James II appointed Sir Edmund Andros to serve as Captin, general and governer in chief of New Endland.
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The French And Indian wars between France and Great Britain for lands in North America.