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To establish the mission
The Franciscans established missions in the Hopi and other tribal areas under a special charter from the King of Spain -
Five months after the voyage
Three ships led by Captain Christopher Newport reached Cape Henry on the Virginia coast -
The first English colony was established in the United States
These three ships landed at Jamestown and established the first English colony in the United States. Among them were 103 settlers. Upon his arrival, Captain John Smith was appointed to the management committee. -
Vermont contested the Iroquois party for the Kingdom of France.
Samuel Champlain discovered Lake Champlain in early July, after further exploration of the new world, and asked Vermont to contest the Iroquois political party for the Kingdom of France. -
Council of the Seven United Republics
The Council of the United Republic of Seven announced exclusive trading and further exploration between New York and Maryland parallel lines 40 to 45 for a period of three years and New Holland Trading -
Marriage of James Pocahontas to John Rolfe
James Pocahontas's marriage to John Rolfe continued the history of Jamestown, who brought tobacco seeds to the colony and began harvesting them this year. Their marriage led to eight years of peace between the colonists and the Indians. -
The Pilgrims set up a settlement at Plymouth.
They formed the Mayflower Covenant and established the government and legal structure. By the next winter, half the colonists would be gone. The settlement was formerly the site of an Indian village destroyed by plague in 1617. -
Massacre in India
This happened when Chief Opchanacanough and the Pohatan Allies were trying to break away from the settlers' colony. Three hundred people were killed in a third of the colonies -
Maryland was founded
A Catholic colony that promoted religious tolerance. The subsequent state was named after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. -
Harvard College founded
Harvard College was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts -
york
York, Massachusetts (known as Georgiana in colonial times) became the first city in the American colonies to be founded. -
Drafted a constitution for the Rhode Island Legislature
Based on the values that separated the church from the state and allowed referendums and initiatives in legislation, a constitution was drafted for the Rhode Island Legislature. -
Rhode Island passed the first laws to limit slavery in the American colonies
This made it illegal for more than a decade -
The British Parliament passed the Navigation Act.
To control colonial trade in the new World -
Renamed New York.
Three hundred English troops took over the New Dutch peacefully from the Dutch. The Duke of York, brother of Charles II, was given the title of the Province of the Netherlands and the city of New Amsterdam and renamed New York. -
The Dutch army recaptured the colony of New York (New Amsterdam) from the British,
But only for a year in the region. -
Bacon's rebellion led to the burning of Jamestown
Nathanial Bacon led the growers in their rebellion against the governor of Berkeley. Bacon died and twenty-three others were executed. -
A rebellion by the indigenous people of Pueblo against the Spanish colony of Santa Fe
Four hundred people were killed and two thousand left their land. It took Twelve years for Spain to attempt decolonization. -
The colony of Pennsylvania was established
William Penn founded the Pennsylvania colony when he signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians and paid for the land. -
defected
Mutiny causes the death of Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle. -
Richard Coote, colonial governor of New York, and William III, King of England, sent Captain William Kidd on an anti-piracy mission
But by the end of his journey, Kidd is a pirate on the high seas. He would be hanged in 1701. -
Williamsburg
Jamestown was abandoned after the state Capitol was burned in 1698 and the colonial government moved to Middle Plantation, soon after which it was renamed Williamsburg.