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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
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
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1610s
1612
-
Tobacco
cultivation introduced to
Jamestown
by
John Rolfe
1619
-First African
slaves
arrive at Jamestown
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1620s
1620
-
Pilgrims
arrive from
Plymouth
, England, on the
Mayflower
. They found
Plymouth Colony
in present-day
Massachusetts
1624
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New Netherlands
founded by the
Dutch West India Company
in present-day
New York
state
1626
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New Amsterdam
founded by the Dutch in present-day
New York City
1629
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
founded, led by
John Winthrop
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1630s
1634
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Province of Maryland
founded
1634
-
Roger Williams
banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
1635
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Connecticut Colony
founded
1636
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Rhode Island Colony
founded by Roger Williams
1636
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Harvard College
founded
1638
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Delaware Colony
founded
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1640s
1649
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Maryland Toleration Act
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1660s
1662
-Half Way Covenant adopted
1663
-King
Charles II of England
grants charter for a new colony,
Province of Carolina
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1670s
1670
-Charles Town (
Charleston
) founded in present-day
South Carolina
1672
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Blue Laws
enacted in Connecticut
1676
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Bacon's Rebellion
in Virginia
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1680s
1682
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Province of 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
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1690s
1692
-
Salem witchcraft trials
in Salem Colony in
Salem, Massachusetts
1697
-The
War of the Grand Alliance
ends with the
Treaty of Ryswick
Before 1600
1600-1699
History of the United States
1700-1759