2000s in The United States

17th Century

Year	Date	Event
1607		John Smith founded the Jamestown Settlement
1614		The Dutch laid claim to the territories of New Netherland.
1619		Slavery was introduced to the Colony of Virginia.
1620	November 11	The Mayflower Compact was signed.
1625		New Amsterdam was founded.
1628		The Massachusetts Bay Colony founded.
1630		The Winthrop Fleet arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1630		The Manor of Rensselaerswyck was founded.
1634		The Province of Maryland was founded.
1634		Theologian Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1635		The Connecticut Colony was founded by Thomas Hooker.
1636		Williams founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
1636		Harvard College was founded.
1637		The New Haven Colony was founded.
1637		Pequot War: The war, in New England, ended.
1638		The Delaware Colony was founded.
1638		New Sweden was established.
1639		The Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony was signed.
1639		The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted.
1640		French and Iroquois Wars: The wars escalated to full warfare.
1643		The New England Confederation was created.
1643		Kieft's War: The war, in New Netherland, began.
1644		Third Anglo–Powhatan War: The war began.
1645		Kieft's War: The war ended.
1646		Third Anglo-Powhatan War: The war ended.
1649		The Maryland Toleration Act was passed.
1649		The execution of the English King Charles I of England marked the establishment of the Commonwealth of England.
1655		Peach Tree War: The war took place.
1659		Esopus Wars: The wars took place.
1660		The Commonwealth of England came to an end with the restoration of King Charles II of England.
1662		The Halfway Covenant was adopted
1663		Charles granted a charter for a new colony, the Province of Carolina.
1664		Second Anglo-Dutch War: The war began with the English conquest of New Amsterdam.
1667		New Netherland was ceded to England under the Treaty of Breda (1667).
1669		John Lederer of Virginia began to explore the Appalachian Mountains.
1670		Charles Town was founded.
1670		Lederer's expedition ended.
1671		The Batts-Fallam expedition sponsored by Abraham Wood reached the New River.
1672		The Blue Laws were enacted in Connecticut.
1672		Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began to explore the Illinois Country.
1673		Jolliet and Marquette's expedition ended.
1674		New Netherland was permanently relinquished to England under the Treaty of Westminster.
1675		King Philip's War: The war, in New England, began.
1676		Bacon's Rebellion: The rebellion, in Virginia, took place.
1676		King Philip's War: The war took place.
1677		The Province of Maine was absorbed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1679		War between Carolina and the Westo resulted in the destruction of the Westo.
1680		Pueblo Revolt: A revolt took place in Spanish New Mexico.
1682		The Province of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn.
1682		René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle travelled down the Mississippi River to its mouth.
1685		Charles died. He was succeeded as King of Kingdom of England by James II of England.
1686		The Dominion of New England was established.
1687		Yamasee Indians from Spanish Florida moved to Carolina.
1688		Glorious Revolution: James was deposed in favor of William and Mary.
1689		The Governor of the Dominion of New England was deposed, ending the rule of the Dominion.
1689		King William's War: The war began.
1690		Schenectady Massacre: A massacre took place.
1692		Salem witch trials: Witch trials took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
1697		War of the Grand Alliance: The war was ended by the Treaty of Ryswick.
1698		Pensacola, Florida was established by the Spanish.
1699		Biloxi was founded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.