Timeline of United States pre-history (1600–1699)
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This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1600 to 1699.
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[edit] 1600s
- 1603 - Queen Elizabeth I dies, is succeeded by James VI of Scotland as James I.
- 1607 - Jamestown Settlement is founded by English gold seekers
[edit] 1610s
- 1614 - the Dutch claim New Netherland.
[edit] 1620s
- 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed
- 1624 - Foundation of New York City as "New Amsterdam"
[edit] 1630s
- 1630 - Winthrop Fleet travels to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1630 - Rensselaerwyck colony founded
- 1634 - Province of Maryland founded
- 1634 - Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1635 - Connecticut Colony founded
- 1636 - Rhode Island Colony founded by Roger Williams
- 1636 - Harvard College founded
- 1637 - New Haven Colony founded
- 1637 - Pequot War in New England
- 1638 - Delaware Colony founded
- 1638 - New Sweden established
- 1639 - Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony signed
- 1639 - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted
[edit] 1640s
- 1640 - French and Iroquois Wars ("Beaver Wars") escalate to full warfare
- 1643 - New England Confederation created
- 1643-1645 - Kieft's War in New Netherland
- 1644-1646 - Second Anglo–Powhatan War
- 1649 - Maryland Toleration Act
- 1649 - Execution of King Charles I and establishment of Commonwealth in England.
[edit] 1650s
- 1655-1660 - Peach Tree War
- 1659-1663 - Esopus Wars
[edit] 1660s
- 1660 - British republic collapses, Charles II becomes King
- 1662 - Halfway Covenant adopted
- 1663 - King Charles II grants charter for a new colony, Province of Carolina
- 1664 - New Amsterdam captured by the British at the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
- 1664 - New Netherland ceded to Great Britain under Treaty of Breda and Treaty of Westminster (1664)
- 1669-1670 - John Lederer of Virginia explores the Appalachian Mountains
[edit] 1670s
- 1670 - Charles Town (Charleston) founded in present-day South Carolina
- 1671 - The Batts-Fallam expedition sponsored by Abraham Wood reaches the New River (West Virginia)
- 1672 - Blue Laws enacted in Connecticut
- 1672-1673 - Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette explore the Illinois Country
- 1675 - King Philip's War (1675-76) in New England
- 1676 - Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
- 1677 - Province of Maine absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1679 - War between the Westo and colonial South Carolina results in the destruction of the Westo.
[edit] 1680s
- 1680 - Pueblo Revolt in Spanish New Mexico
- 1682 - Province of Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
- 1682 - René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle travels down the Mississippi River to its mouth
- 1683 - King Charles II dies and James II succeeds to throne, reducing colonial autonomy
- 1686 - Dominion of New England decreed
- 1687 - Yamasee Indians from Spanish Florida move to South Carolina, becoming an important ally of the British
- 1688 - Glorious Revolution deposes James II and replaces him with William and Mary
- 1689 - Dominion of New England ceases to exist as Governor is deposed.
- 1689 - King William's War (1689-1697), part of the wider War of the Grand Alliance, begins
[edit] 1690s
- 1690 - Schenectady Massacre
- 1692 - Salem witchcraft trials in Salem Colony in Salem, Massachusetts
- 1697 - The War of the Grand Alliance ends with the Treaty of Ryswick
- 1698 - Pensacola, Florida established by the Spanish
- 1699 - Biloxi, Mississippi by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
| Pre 1600 | Timeline of United States history 1600–1699 |
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