North American Colonies: Timeline (1600-1735)

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North American Colonies 1607: Jamestown is established in Virgina by the London Company as the first permanent English settlement in America. 1608: Pilgrims leave England and go to Holland 1612: Tobacco production is established in Virginia; results in an economy boom 1619: First African slaves/laborers arrive in Virginia; House of Burgesses has their first meeting. 1620: Plymouth colony is founded by the Pilgrims 1620-29: English colonization in the Caribbean is accelerated 1622: Powhatan Indians attack English colony in Virginia 1629: New Hampshire and Maine are established as colonies 1630: Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay colony at Boston 1634: First English settlements in Maryland are founded 1635: Hartford settled in Connecticut 1636: Roger Williams founds settlement in Rhode Island; Harvard College established in Massachusetts 1637: Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay colony; Pequot War is fought 1640: Instability in tobacco markets 1642-1649: English Civil War occurs 1644: Last major Powhatan uprisings against English settlers in Virginia 1647: New Massachusetts law requires a public school to be set up in every town 1649: Charles I is executed 1650: Population in New England begins growing naturally 1655: Civil War in Maryland; unseats Catholic proprietor 1660: English Restoration ? Charles II becomes king; First Navigation Act passed 1663: Second Navigation Act passed 1664: English take over New Netherland; New Jersey chartered 1670s: Flow of indentured servants declines; slaves sent directly to North America from Africa 1673: Third Navigation Act passed 1675 – 1676: King Phillip’s War in New England 1676: Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia 1681: William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania 1685: James II becomes King 1688: Glorious Revolution in England ? William and Mary ascend throne 1689: Glorious Revolution in America ? rebellion breaks out against Andros in New England; Leisler leads rebellion in New York 1692: Witchcraft trials begin in Salem 1693: William and Mary College founded in Virginia 1701: Yale College founded in Connecticut 1720: Smallpox inoculations initiated in Massachusetts by Cotton Mather 1734: Great Awakening begins in Massachusetts; Peter Zenger is tried in New York