Midterm important dates

Jamestown founded

Dec 17, 1607

Dutch put up colonies in New York

Dec 17, 1609

tobacco made profitable by John Rolfe

Dec 17, 1612

first slave ship from Africa

Dec 17, 1619

first pilgrims in Plymouth Massachusetts

Dec 17, 1620

great Puritan migration to Mass. Bay

Dec 17, 1629

Becons rebellion

Dec 17, 1676

French follow Mississippi r. to golf of Mexico

Dec 17, 1682

250,000 settlers in English colonies

Dec 17, 1700