English America in the 1600s
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Updated: 10 Dec 2017
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Created byBenjamin Kay
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Events
1689: Jacob Leisler
attempts to
overthrow the
rich of New York
in the name of
the new king.1689: John Coode
takes control of
Mayland in
the name of the
new monarchy.1607: The
London
Company
founds
the
colony
of
Jamestown,
within
the
territory
of the
Powhatan.1608: Captain
John
Smith
becomes
council
president,
stops
the
collapse
of Jamestown.1609: The winter
that becomes
known as
the “starving time”
occurs in
Jamestown,
continues
into 16101610: Lord
De La Warr
takes control of
Jamestown.1612: John Rolfe plants tobacco in Jamestown, starting a major
business.1618: The
“headright”
system is
established
to attract
more colonists.July 30, 1619:
The democratic
House of Burgesses
is established.1632: Maryland,
the dream of
George Calvert,
is founded
by his son.1649: The
“Act Concerning
Religion” is put
in place in
Maryland.1676: Nathaniel
Bacon leads a
rebellion in
Virginia1620: The pilgrims
sign the
Mayflower Compact,
and on December 21,
step onto
Plymouth rock.1621: The pilgrims
mark their
alliance with
natives like
Squanto
with a feast.1622: Miles Standish
establishes a military
regime in Plymouth1621: Governor
William
Bradford
convinces
the British
to allow the
Puritans to stay.1630: The
Massachusetts
Bay Colony is
founded as a
haven for
Puritans, with
John Winthrop
as governor.
It was built as
a “city upon a hill”
for the rest of the
world.1635: Hartford
founded with
the
Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut.1639: Another, stricter,
Connecticut
colony is
founded with the
Fundamental
Articles of New Haven.1644: William
Bradford
receives a
charter for
his colony
of Rhode Island.1636: Anne Hutchinson is put on trial for heresy.Mid 1630s: Much
of the native
population
has been
wiped out
in colonized
areas, some
convert to
Christianity,
becoming
“praying
Indians”.1642: Sir
William Berkeley
arrives
in Virginia
as governor.1637: The
Pequot
War breaks
out in the
Connecticut
valley.1675: King
Philip’s war
begins, led
by king
Metacomet,
who made
use of
advanced
flintlock
rifles,
Ends in
1678.1642: The
English Civil
War begins,
with the
victorious
parliament
forces being
led by Oliver
Cromwell.
Ends in
16491660: Charles II
restores the
monarchy, and
begins to set
up proprietary
ventures.1669: Utopian
Fundamental
Constitution
for Carolina
drawn up.1664: Peter
Stuyvesant
surrenders
New
Netherland
to the English
with the Articles
of Capitulation.
Before and after
capitulation,
much of
society controlled
by wealthy “patroons”.1681: William
Penn receives
a grant for
Pennsylvania,
a refuge for
the Society
of Friends,
who believed
in the concept
of “inner light”.1660: To protect
the mercantile
system, the
first
Navigation
Act is passed,
barring
non-English
ships from
trading with
the colonies.1701: Penn
signs the
Charter of
Liberties.1663: The
second
Navigation
Act is passed,
requiring
all trade to
the colonies
pass through
England.1673: The
third Navigation
Act passes,
providing
customs officials
to enforce the
previous 2.1686: Single
Dominion
of New England
established by
James II.1688: James II
is overthrown
in the Glorious
Revolution.
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