History Dates Flashcards
Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, forms local government
1620
John Winthrop leads Puritan migration 900 colonists, 1st governor
1630
Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island, banished for new and dangerous opinions
1636
Columbus
1492
1st permanent colony in N.A., St. Augustine
1565
Jamestown founded in Virginia, Capt. John Smith captured
1607
1st legislative assembly in America, 20 Africans brought by Dutch ship, slavery began
1619
King Philip’s War erupts in New England, 600 colonists and 3000 natives killed
1675-1676
Expansion, British pop 250,000
1700
Diversity
1750
Salem Witch Trials
1692
Benjamin Rush killed patients
1793
40% indentured servants
1625
16% indentured servants
1683
30% w/ skills
1654-1661