Midterm important dates By daisyyaa Dec 17, 1607 Jamestown founded Dec 17, 1609 Dutch put up colonies in New York Dec 17, 1612 tobacco made profitable by John Rolfe Dec 17, 1619 first slave ship from Africa Dec 17, 1620 first pilgrims in Plymouth Massachusetts Dec 17, 1629 great Puritan migration to Mass. Bay Dec 17, 1676 Becons rebellion Dec 17, 1682 French follow Mississippi r. to golf of Mexico Dec 17, 1700 250,000 settlers in English colonies