Key Dates and Events

17th Century Events

• 1607: Virginia colony founded at Jamestown.
• 1609: Spanish found New Mexico.
• 1620: Pilgrims sail to Plymouth Bay on the Mayflower.
• 1624: Virginia becomes a royal colony.
• 1636-1638: Pequot War.
• 1642-1651: English Civil War.
• 1644: Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
• 1661: Barbados Slave Code adopted.
• 1676: Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia.
• 1680: Pope's Rebellion in New Mexico.

18th Century Events

• 1712: New York Slave Revolt.