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East India Company founded
The East India Company was founded to bridge the English with the East Indian spice trade. -
Dutch East India Company founded
The Dutch East India Company is founded with the goal of monopolizing the East India spice trade. -
England and Scotland unite
England and Scotland are united with the crowning of James I of England and IV of Scotland. -
First part of Don Quixote written
Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of Don Quixote which turns out to be the first modern novel. -
Virginia Company of London founded
The Virginia Company of London is founded by James I in order for the colonization of the New World by Britan. -
Jamestown founded
Jamestown is founded by the Virginia Company which was the first permanent English colony on the American mainland. -
Quebec founded
Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain in order for the French to advance in the fur-trade. -
Bermuda colonized
Bermuda is colonized by the British and becomes the first island in the New world to be colonized by them. -
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First Anglo-Powhatan War
Jamestown and the Native Powhatans fight over arising tensions only to end with the negotiation over the freedom of Pocahontas. -
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Thirty years War
Protestants fight Catholic oppression; Sweden invades Germany and Poland attacks Russia; Spain loses its dominant position in Europe after losing the Netherlands; France became a powerful force in Europe; Sweden gained control of the Baltic area. -
First slaves arrive in Jamestown
The first slaves in the New World arrive in Jamestown carried by an English ship flying a Dutch flag. -
House of Burgesses founded
The House of Burgesses was founded in Virginia and met for important matters and created laws. -
Pilgrims arrive
Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. -
Dutch West Company founded
The Dutch west Company is founded in order to launch economic warfare against Spain and Portugal -
New Hampshire founded
New Hampshire is founded by John Mason. -
New Netherlands founded
New Netherlands is founded for profitable purposes by the Dutch West Company. -
Virginia, a royal colony
Virginia becomes a royal colony and the House of Burgesses is restricted. -
Manhattan purchased
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan island for the Dutch from Native Americans for trinkets worth $24. The island is renamed New Amsterdam. -
Barbados
British colonize the island of Barbados -
Boston founded
Boston is founded by John Winthrop -
Maryland founded
Maryland Colony was founded in 1632 as a safe haven for English Catholics fleeing anti-Catholic persecution in Europe by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. -
Williamsburg founded
Williamsburg is founded as a middle plantation -
Rhode Island founded
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams as a colony based on the principle of religious tolerance. -
Connecticut founded
Connecticut is founded by Thomas Hokker after leaving Massachusetts. -
Delaware founded
Delaware is founded by the New Sweden Company. -
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English Civil War
Cavaliers, supporters of Charles I, against Roundheads, parliamentary forces; Oliver Cromwell defeats Royalists; Parliament demands reforms; Charles I offers concessions, brought to trial and later beheaded. -
Navigation Acts
Parliament in England passes the first of the Navigation Acts. -
George Fox and Quakers
George Fox begins preaching in England, creating a movement known as the Society of Friends, later known as Quakers. -
Jamaica Plantations founded
The British in Jamaica turn the island into the major slave market of the West Indies. -
Puritan Government falls
Puritan government collapses after Oliver Cromwell dies and his son resigns. -
New France grows
Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and colonists quickly go to North America. -
Carolina founded
King Charles II, gave a group of eight noblemen a large tract of land to the south of Virginia colony. -
New York and New Jersey
New Amsterdam passes to English control, and English and Dutch settlers live together peacefully. New Amsterdam changes to New York. New Jersey is also given to the English. -
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Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish after being mistreated by the system of Encomienda. -
Pennsylvania founded
The colony of Pennsylvania is founded for Quakers by William Penn. -
Louisiana area founded
Robert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi and claims the land for France; Robert names the area Louisiana. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem experiences Witch trials and mass hysteria.
