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1600-1700

  • Three ships

    Three ships
    The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery reached their destination after five months to Cape Henry.
  • John Rolfe brings tobacco seeds

    John Rolfe brings tobacco seeds
    John Rolfe and Pocahontas got married and John brings tobacco seeds to begin harvest.
  • First assembly of Jamestown

    First assembly of Jamestown
    Jamestown had their first assembly
  • Plymouth colony

    Pilgrims from England established a colony which they named Plymouth.
  • Colonial population growth

    The colonial population has gone to a estimated 50,400.
  • Peach Tree War

    Peach Tree War
    The Peach Tree war began attacks on Pavonia and New Amsterdam by the Susquehannock Indians.
  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    The Navigation act is passed by the British Parliament in order to control colonial commerce.
  • English Noblemen

    English Noblemen
    Eight English noblemen were given a charter to establish the Colony of Charles II after helping him restore his throne 3 years earlier
  • A peaceful takeover

    A peaceful takeover
    Three hundreds British troops took over the Netherlands from the Dutch in a peaceful takeover
  • King Phillips War

    King Phillips War
    The beginning of the King Phillips war started with Metacom Indian forces attacking English settlements.
  • War ends

    War ends
    The Indian War between the colonists and Narragansett Indians in New England.
  • France claims

    France claims
    France claims the lower part of the Mississippi river
  • Mutiny

    Mutiny
    Mutiny was the thing that caused the death of Robert Cavalier.
  • Plymouth colony

    Plymouth colony
    Plymouth colony remained independent since its founding in 1620 it joined the Massachusetts Bay colony.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown was abandoned after their statehouse was burned in 1698