Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)
This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1600 to 1699.
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1600s
- Some time between 1600-1650-Mahican Confederacy founded
- 1607-Settlement of Jamestown,
Virginia
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- 1608-French establish colony at Quebec
- 1609-Henry Hudson, hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day Hudson River
- 1609-The United
Provinces (the Netherlands) lays claim to the Hudson Valley area
1610s
- 1612-Tobacco cultivation introduced to Jamestown by John Rolfe
- 1619-first African slaves arrive at Jamestown
1620s
- 1620-Pilgrims arrive from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower. They found Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts
- 1624-New Netherlands founded by the Dutch West India Company in present-day New York state
- 1626-New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch in present-day New York City
- 1629-Massachusetts Bay Colony founded, led by John Winthrop
1630s
- 1634-Maryland founded
- 1634-Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1635-Connecticut founded
- 1636-Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams
- 1636-Harvard College is founded
- 1638-Delaware founded
1640s
1660s
1670s
- 1670-Charles Town (Charleston) founded in present-day South Carolina
- 1672-Blue Laws enacted in Connecticut
- 1676-Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
1680s
- 1682-Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
- King James II reduces colonial autonomy
- 1688-Glorious Revolution deposes James II and replaces him with William and Mary
- 1689-King William's War (1689-1697), part of the wider War of the Grand Alliance, begins
1690s
- 1692-Salem witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts
- 1697-The War of the Grand Alliance ends with the Treaty of Ryswick
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