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The first English settlement in the Americas was founded in the colony of Virginia
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Spain establishes a foothold farther north and founds Sante Fe
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Three wars fought between the Indians and the settlers in Virginia colony which ended in a colonist victory
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New Netherland is claimed by the Dutch after a couple years of successfully trading furs with the natives
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The Mayflower lands in Massachusetts and an English colony is founded there
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Harvard, the first university in the new world, is founded
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Sweden joins the colonization game as they establish on the Delaware River
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A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon with armed Virginian settlers again the Governor Berkeley
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Spain begins moving into East Texas due to concern of the French presence in the new world.
