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.