English colonization of the Chesapeake and New England (1607–1640)

1. Jamestown founded as Virginia Company outpost

   May 14, 1607Labels: Jamestown, Virginia Company, Powhatan Confederacy

   • Library Congress
   • NPS Jamestown

2. First Anglo–Powhatan War begins

   Jan 1, 1609Labels: First Anglo, Jamestown, Powhatan Confederacy

   • Anglo Powhatan
   • Britannica VA

3. Peace after Pocahontas–Rolfe marriage

   Jan 1, 1614Labels: Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Powhatan Confederacy

   • Britannica VA
   • Jamestown HISTORY

4. House of Burgesses holds first session

   Jul 30, 1619Labels: House of, Jamestown, Virginia

   • House Burgesses
   • Britannica VA

5. First recorded Africans arrive at Point Comfort

   Aug 25, 1619Labels: Point Comfort, enslaved Africans, Virginia

   • NPS 1619
   • NatGeo 1619

6. Mayflower Compact signed off Cape Cod

   Nov 11, 1620Labels: Mayflower Compact, Plymouth Colony

   • Pilgrim Hall
   • Mayflower Compact

7. Plymouth settlers begin permanent settlement

   Dec 21, 1620Labels: Plymouth Colony, Pilgrims

   • Plymouth Colony
   • Pilgrim Hall

8. Powhatan-led attack kills 347 colonists

   Mar 22, 1622Labels: 1622 Massacre, Powhatan Confederacy, Virginia

   • Indian 1622
   • TIME 1622

9. Virginia Company charter revoked; royal colony created

   Jan 1, 1624Labels: Virginia, English Crown, Virginia Company

   • Britannica VA
   • Virginia Company

10. Massachusetts Bay Company receives royal charter

    Mar 4, 1629Labels: Massachusetts Bay, King Charles

    • Boston 400
    • Mass Bay Charter

11. Winthrop Fleet arrives; Great Migration accelerates

    Jun 1, 1630Labels: John Winthrop, Winthrop Fleet, Great Migration

    • Winthrop Fleet
    • Mass Bay Colony

12. Maryland settlers land at St. Clement’s Island

    Mar 25, 1634Labels: Maryland, Leonard Calvert, Calvert proprietorship

    • Maryland MSA
    • St Marys Co

13. Saybrook Colony established at Connecticut River mouth

    Jan 1, 1635Labels: Saybrook Colony, Connecticut River, Puritans

    • Saybrook Colony
    • Old Saybrook

14. Pequot War reshapes southern New England power

    Jan 1, 1636Labels: Pequot War, Pequot, New England

    • Britannica
    • Old Saybrook

15. Fundamental Orders adopted in Connecticut

    Jan 14, 1639Labels: Fundamental Orders, Connecticut, Hartford

    • CT History
    • HISTORY

16. Migration slows as early colonization phase closes

    Jan 1, 1640Labels: Migration slowdown, New England, Chesapeake

    • Mass Bay Colony
    • Britannica VA