> CHRONOLOGY

ca. 1600–1650

  • Yeoman farmers predominate in Chesapeake region.

1644

  • Opechancanough leads second uprising.

1660

  • Navigation Act requires colonial products be shipped only to English ports.

1661–1676

  • No elections called in House of Burgesses.

1670

  • House of Burgesses outlaws voting by poor men.

1676

  • Bacon's Rebellion erupts.