Timeline: Colonial America 1600

Timelines & Date Keys for
Fasttrack to America's Past
Section 2: Colonial America

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Timeline: Colonial America 1600 - 1775

Dates for the events shown:

Jamestown settled - 1607
Pilgrims land at Plymouth - 1620
Puritans settle Boston - 1630
Maryland settled - 1634
England seizes New Amsterdam (NY) - 1664
Carolina settled - 1670
Quakers settle Pennsylvania - 1682
English Bill of Rights - 1689
Salem witch trials - 1692
Georgia settled - 1733
French and Indian War - 1754 to 1763
George III becomes king - 1760
Stamp Act - 1765
Boston Massacre - 1770
Boston Tea Party - 1773 (Dec.)
First Continental Congress - 1774 (Sept.)

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