Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1600 to 1699.

Table of contents

1 1600s
2 1610s
3 1620s
4 1630s
5 1640s
6 1660s
7 1670s
8 1680s
9 1690s

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

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

1649-Maryland Toleration Act

1660s

1662-Half Way Covenant adopted
1663-King Charles II grants charter for a new colony, Carolina

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

Beginnings to 1599

1600-1699
History of the United States