1600's


 * 1607** - Jamestown Founded - 1st successful English colony
 * 1609** - Spanish found Santa Fe


 * 1619** - 1st Black African slaves arrive in Jamestown
 * 1619** - House of Burgesses established in Jamestown


 * 1620** - Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony
 * 1624** - Dutch Establish New Netherlands along Hudson River


 * 1630 -** Massachusetts Bay Colony founded by Puritans
 * 1632 -** Lord Baltimore founded Maryland
 * 1636 -** Roger Williams founded Rhode Island
 * 1636 -** Thomas Hooker founds Conneticut
 * 1636** - Harvard College Established
 * 1638** - Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts
 * 1638** - New Sweden established (Delaware)
 * 1639** - Connecticut's Fundamental Orders drafted


 * 1649** - Marlyland's Act of Toleration


 * 1651** - England passes 1st Navigation Act


 * 1662** - Halfway Covenants (Massachusetts)
 * 1663** - Carolina founded
 * 1664** - New Netherland's taken over by British - becomes New York
 * 1664** - New Jersey founded


 * 1672** - Joliet and Marquette explore Missippi River
 * 1675** - 1676 - King Phillip's War
 * 1676** - Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia


 * 1681 -** William Penn founds Pennsylvania
 * 1682** - LaSalle explores Mississippi River and claims it and the Gulf of Mexico for France
 * 1686 - 1689** - Dominion of New England
 * 1689** - King William's War
 * 1689** - Leisler's Rebellion in New York


 * 1691** - Spain established Province of Texas
 * 1692 - 1693** - Salem Witch Trials
 * 1693** - College of William and Mary Founded
 * 1699** - France established Louisiana