The Seventeenth Century 1600-1700

Port Royale Est

1603

France came to the New World. Photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Royal_National_Historic_Site

Virginia Company Est

1606

Photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company

Jamestown Est

1607

New Netherlands Est

1609

Dutch in modern day NY

Tobacco Saves Jamestown

1617

Photo https://www.timesofisrael.com/finance-minister-signs-order-to-drastically-raise-tax-on-loose-tobacco/

Powhattan Confederacy

Mar 22, 1622

Indians kill 350 settlers. Photo https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-indians/powhatan-confederacy.htm

Virginia is Royal Colony

1624

Photo http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/virginia.htm

First Slaves in the New World

1626

Dutch bring 11 Africans to build New Amsterdam.

Great Migration

Period: 1630 to 1640

England sends people to the New World en mass.

Maryland is Provincial Colony

1632

Photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Maryland

Pequot War

Period: 1636 to 1637

Pequots upset at English for being rude.

Charles I Executed

Jan 30, 1649

England becomes a republic under Cromwell and Parliament. photo http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&ItemID=1237&Desc=King-Charles-I-|-William-Dobson

Connecticut is Royal Colony

1662

Photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony

Rhode Island is Royal Colony

1663

Photo https://www.nps.gov/rowi/learn/historyculture/charter.htm

English Take New Netherland

1664

English drive Dutch out of New York.

Delaware is a Proprietary Colony

1664

Photo https://delawarecolony97.weebly.com/government.html

King Phillip's War

Period: 1675 to 1676

Metacom also mad at English for being rude.

Bacon's Rebellion

1676

Bacon mad at government for not killing Indians, which is rude. Photo https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm

New Hampshire is Royal Colony

1679

Photo http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/new-hampshire.htm

Pennsylvania is Proprietary Colony

1681

Photo https://scouting-colonies-with-sns.weebly.com/pennsylvania.html

New York is Royal Colony

1686

Photo https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-colony-of-new-york--32

Massachusetts Bay is Royal Colony

1691

Photo https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony