| 1572 | Sir Francis Drake goes to Panama |
| 1584 | Sir Walter raleigh sponsors Roanoke colony: Negroes, Colonists and Indians vs Spain (fails) |
| 1603-40 | Growing tensions between Parliament and Stuart monarchy over prerogatives
and religion
James I, 1603-25; Charles I, 1625-49; Cromwell, 1649-60 ; Charles II, 1660-85; James II, 1685-88 (Catholic); William III, 1688- |
| 1604 | Hampton Court Conference: James refuses to tolerate Puritans |
| 1607 | Jamestown established by Virginia Company: attracts mostly single men, indentured servants, poor |
| 1608 | “Separatists” go to Holland to flee Anglican intolerance |
| 1619 | John Rolfe introduces tobacco to Jamestown |
| 1620 | Plymouth established by Puritans sponsored by Virginia Company
Mayflower Compact |
| 1624 | New Amsterdam established by Dutch West India Co.
VA Co. dissolved, VA becomes a colony |
| 1629 | Massachusetts Bay Colony est. by Mass. Bay Co. at Boston
Winthrop and John Cotton lead: Congregationalism, “City on a Hill” |
| 1630s | 20,000 emigrate to New England area: mostly yeoman families.
Gentry develops slowly (sumptuary laws) |
| 1631-5 | Roger Williams banished for extreme separatism. Establishes Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1634 | Anne hutchinson banished for antinomianism |
| 1638 | Eaton and davenport est. New Haven |
| 1649 | English Civil War; Commonwealth/Protectorate 1649-60 |
| 1651 | Cromwell’s Navigation Act |
| 1660 | Restoration of Charles II
Charles’ Navigation Acts |
| 1664 | New Amsterdam captured by British from Dutch and renamed New York for Duke of York (James II) |
| 1676 | Bacon’s Rebellion, VA |
| 1668 | James II converted to Catholicism |
| 1681 | Charles II charters Pennsylvania for William Penn; Philadelphia founded. Quakers settle |
| 1686 | Dongan Charter in New York
“New England” established as new administrative area. Sir Edmund Andros, Governor |
| 1688 | Glorious Revolution |
| 1689 | Andros overthrown in Boston |
| 1689-91 | Leisler’s Rebellion overthrows Gov. Nicholson of New York |
| 1692 | Salem witch trials |