Technology Project #3 Timeline 1: 1600 - 1700

By John4Sawyer

  • Jamestown Establishment

    First permanent English Settlement is established in the New World.

  • John Role Recognizes Slave Arrival

    First African Slaves arrive in the New World in August 1619.

  • House of Burgesses

    Representative, legislative body established in Jamestown.

  • Pilgrims Arrive in the New World

    The Mayflower arrives having carried the famed Pilgrims.

  • John Winthrop delivers his "A City on a Hill" Sermon.

    A famous speech that displayed Winthrop's desire to have New England as an example, set apart, for the rest of the World.

  • Providence Settlement

    Roger Williams created a settlement characterized by religious freedom.

  • Virginia passes a slave inheritance law

    Enslaved women's children now inherit the station of their mother--continual slavery.

  • New York City

    New Netherland is passed to England, resulting in a name change of New Amsterdam to New York, which was named after James, the Duke of York.

  • Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution was a peaceful coup--a peaceful seizing of power. It lasted from 1688 to 1689.

  • Salem Witch Trials Begin.

    Paranoia spread throughout Salem and its surrounding leading to the trials of men and women as witches.