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US History 1500-1700
1500-1700s - timeline - year/event
Year | Event |
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1530 | Church of England is established |
1607 | Jamestown is established |
1611 | King James in England publishes the King James Bible |
1619 | First African slave in Jamestown |
1637 | Puritans attacked a large group of several hundred Pequot Indians, this led to tension between Native and Colonial people |
1620 | English Puritans move to the New World, draft the Mayflower compact, and Plymouth Colony is founded in Massachusetts |
1621 | the Wampanoag, led by Massasoit, concluded a peace treaty with the Pilgrims at Plymouth |
1640 | The Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in North America, by Puritans in New England |
1640 to 1660 | English Civil War, Parliamentarians win |
1649 | King Charles I was beheaded by the Parliamentarians |
1676 | Bacon’s Rebellion, Nathaniel Bacon leads rebellion against Virginia Governor, Jamestown |
1692 to 1693 | Salem Witch Trials |
1675 to 1676 | King Philip's War, Metacom, wages war against New England Puritans |
1682 | Virginia passes a law allowing for chattel slavery, slavery for life |
1600s | By this time, Dutch West India Company had imported about 450 African slaves |