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Port Royale Established
Port Royale is established by the French in Acadia (Nova Scotia). This helped jumpstart French colonization. -
Jamestown Established
Jamestown, The first semi-successful English colony, is established. The colony was built on unfarmable and disease-prone land. This, coupled with incompetent colonists, led to the Colony's lack of success. -
Quebec Established
Quebec was established mainly for the French fur trade and was welcoming to Natives, as they would be crucial guides to the French hunters and traders. -
Santa Fe Established
Santa Fe, the first permanent European settlement in the southwest, is established. -
The Beginning of American slavery
The first African slaves are imported to Jamestown. -
Plymouth Colony Established.
The famous Plymouth colony is established in 1620. While Jamestown was a financial venture, Plymouth was a religious colony comprised mostly of Puritans hoping to establish faith-centered communities. Puritans believed in the idea of creating a "City on a Hill" and strove for their colonies to be examples. -
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement that would later become New York, Is established in July 1625. -
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English civil war
Friction between King Charles I and Parliament sparks a civil war in 1642. In 1649, Parliament wins and Charles is executed. -
New York
The English seize New Amsterdam from the dutch and rename it New York. -
Charleston Established
Charleston, known as Charles Town until the 1870s, was named after King Charles the Second of England. -
King Phillips War
King Philips war was a bloody war between several different Native American tribes led by a native named Metacom and the Colonists. Metacom was known to the English as King Phillip. It is debatable whether the war was started by Metacom or the Colonists. -
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Pope's Revolution
A Puebloan religious leader named Pope besieged Santa Fe and took over New Mexico. The Spanish returned in 1692 to retake New Mexico -
The Glorious Revolution
King James the II is replaced by Prince William of Holland. Because this coup was relatively peaceful, it is called the Glorious revolution.