Sarah Reimer 1600 to 1700

By sarahreimer

  • Jamestown Founded

    John Smith founded the first permanent English settlement in the new world.

  • House of Burgesses

    First Legislative assembly in the American colonies.
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    Winthrop's Eleven Ships Set Sail for Salem

    John Winthrop's account is one of the most complete of the journey at the time from England to North America

  • Harvard College Founded

    The college is founded in Cambridge Massachusetts

  • Bay Psalm Book

    The first printed book in North America

  • The Navigation Act of 1660

    British Parliament passed the act in an attempt to control colonial shipping commerce

  • English take New Amsterdam

    English soldiers take New Amsterdam from the Dutch

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Nathaniel Bacon leads planters rebellion against Gov. Berkeley. Bacon perished in the event.