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        in 1607 Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. - 
  
  
        In 1609 Don Pedro de Peralta founded Santa Fe, New Mexico. The villa stood close to the banks of the upper Rio Grande - 
  
  
        The 1619 Landing is when African slaves landed at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe, in VA - 
  
  
        Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620, it was America's first permanent Puritan settlement - 
  
  
        Boston was founded on March 29th 1630 by English Puritans. - 
  
  
        Harvard University was founded on September 8th 1636 by John Harvard. - 
  
  
        Slavery begun in Maryland in 1642 when the first African slaves were brought to St. Mary's City, Maryland. - 
  
  
        The First Anglo-Dutch War started in 1652 and ended in 1654 this War was fought entirely at sea. - 
  
  
        The Second Anglo-Dutch War was fought from 1665 to 1667. This war was fought between England and the Dutch Republic party for control over the trade routes and seas. - 
  
  
        King Philip's War was a war fought between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies. The War was fought from 1675 to 1678 - 
  
  
        bacon's rebellion was a rebellion that happened from 1676 to 1677. - 
  
  
        Philadelphia was founded on October 27th 1682 by William Penn - 
  
  
        King Williams War was a conflict fought between the English and the French in North America.