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Jamestown is founded.
When Jamestown was settled by people in 1607. It was settled on a swamp. Named after King James. -
Pilgrims settle in Plymouth.
A scouting party was sent out, and landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. These original settlers of Plymouth Colony are known as the Pilgrim Fathers, or simply as the Pilgrims. -
English Civil War begins.
The split between Charles and Parliament was such that neither side was willing to back down over the principles that they held and war was inevitable as a way in which all problems could be solved. -
English Monarchy
The English monarchy is restored under King Charles II -
William Penn founds Pennsylvania
On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make his colony "the seed of the nation." -
Quakers
Quakers in Pennsylvania issue a formal protest against slavery in America. -
William and Mary
The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia. -
War ends
Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht. -
Fremch and Inidan war begins.
The final Colonial War was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. -
Britain aquires North American empire.
British Empire was the largest formal empire that the world had ever known. As such, its power and influence stretched all over the globe.
