Timeline

Ask yourself why this chapter begins and ends with these dates and then identify the links among related events.

1550–1630
  • English crown supports mercantilism

1556–1598
  • Reign of Philip II, king of Spain

1558–1603
  • Reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England

1577–1580
  • Francis Drake’s Golden Hind circles the globe, captures Spanish treasure fleet

1560–1620
  • Growth of English Puritan movement

1588
  • Storms and English ships destroy Spanish Armada

1603–1625
  • Reign of James I, king of England

1607
  • English traders settle Jamestown (Virginia)

1608
  • Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

1609
  • Henry Hudson explores North America for the Dutch

1614
  • Dutch set up fur-trading post at Fort Orange (Albany)

1619
  • First Africans arrive in Chesapeake region

  • House of Burgesses convenes in Virginia

1620
  • Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony

1620–1660
  • Chesapeake colonies enjoy tobacco boom

1621
  • Dutch West India Company chartered

1622
  • Opechancanough’s uprising

1624
  • Virginia becomes royal colony

1625–1649
  • Reign of Charles I, king of England

1630
  • Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony

1634
  • Colonists arrive in Maryland

1636
  • Beginning of Puritan-Pequot War

  • Roger Williams founds Providence

1637
  • Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts Bay

1640s
  • Iroquois initiate wars over fur trade

1642–1659
  • Puritan Revolution in England

1660
  • Restoration of the English monarchy

  • tobacco prices fall and remain low

1664
  • English conquer New Netherland

1675
  • Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia

1675–1676
  • Metacom’s War in New England

1692
  • Salem witchcraft trials

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