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Chapter Timeline

CHAPTER REVIEW

TIMELINEAsk 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

Question

KEY TURNING POINTS: The Chesapeake tobacco boom (1620–1660), Opechancanough’s uprising (1622), and the takeover of Virginia by the crown (1624). How were these events related to each other? What was their cumulative result?