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Lizzie's Colonial Events Timeline

By Lizzie11.T

  • Thomas West

    Thomas West
    Thomas West, 12th Baron De la Warr, is made Governor of Virginia by the Virginia Company, and arrives for a brief stay in June.

  • The Mayflower Sails

    The Mayflower Sails
    The armed merchant ship Mayflower embarks about 65 emigrants for New England at or near her home port of Rotherhithe on the Thames east of London; she anchors in Southampton Water.

  • English Colonists Learn of Popcorn

    English Colonists Learn of Popcorn
    Native American Quadequine shows popcorn to English colonists.

  • The Great Colonial Hurricane

    The Great Colonial Hurricane
    The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 was a hurricane that hit the Jamestown Settlement and the Massachusetts Bay Colony during August 1635. It is considered to be one of the earliest hurricanes to have struck New England, occurring just 15 years after the discovery of Plymouth Plantation.

  • Dutch Colonists

    Dutch Colonists
    Dutch colonists settle in the Delaware River area, after driving out English colonists from Virginia and Connecticut.

  • Peace Treaty

    Peace Treaty
    The Dutch and the Hudson River Valley Indians sign a peace treaty, ending four years of warfare.

  • Bicameral Legislature

    Bicameral Legislature
    Maryland is allowed to have a bicameral legislature by order of Lord Baltimore.

  • The Battle of the Severn

    The Battle of the Severn
    The Battle of the Severn, considered by some historians the last battle of the English Civil War, is fought in Annapolis, Maryland, between Puritan loyalists and moderate protestant and Catholic forces loyal to Baltimore.

  • The Navigation Act

    The Navigation Act
    The Navigation Act of 1660 is passed requiring only English ships with a three-quarters English crew be allowed to be used for trade. Certain goods including sugar and tobacco could only be shipped to England or English colonies.

  • King Philip's War

    King Philip's War
    King Philip's War begins with retaliation for the execution of three Wampanoag Indians. Boston and Plymouth unite to fight against the Indians. Nipmuck Indians unite with the Wampanoags to attack settlements in Massachusetts. The New England Confederation then reacts by officially declaring war on King Philip and raising an army. The Wampanoags are able to defeat settlers near Deerfield on September 18th and Deerfield is abandoned.