Sarah's Timeline

By sarah.cahill
  • 1607 BCE

    1607

    The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia.

  • 1611

    The rule of Sir Thomas Dale and Good Order in Virginia.

  • 1619

    The first meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown, Virginia on July 30.

  • 1624

    Virginia was made a real colony.

  • 1638

    Delaware was settled initially by Peter Minuit.

  • 1649

    The Toleration Act was passed in England allowing all Christian religion freedom