Colonial America
Colonial Period Events
861 events, page 5 of 18 — 1492 to early statehood
1632
Province of Maryland Charter Granted
Maryland · Founding · Colonial Period
1632
Henry Fleet Documents Nacotchtank Village at Georgetown
District of Columbia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1632
Maryland Charter Granted to Caecilius Calvert
Maryland · Founding · Colonial Period
1632
Maryland Charter Granted to Cecil Calvert
Maryland · Founding · Colonial Period
1632
Maryland Colony Charter Granted
Maryland · Founding · Colonial Period
1633
Missions Established in Apalachee Province
Florida · Settlement · Colonial Period
1634
First Settlers Arrive at St. Clement's Island
Maryland · Settlement · Colonial Period
1634
Founding of St. Mary's City as Capital
Maryland · Founding · Colonial Period
1634
Local Government System Created in Virginia Colony
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1634
Jean Nicolet First European to Enter Region
Michigan · Expedition · Colonial Period
1634
Syms-Eaton Academy Founded as First Free Public School
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1634
Settlement of St. Mary's City
Maryland · Settlement · Colonial Period
1634
First Colonists Arrive at Blackistone Island
Maryland · Settlement · Colonial Period
1634
Virginia Peninsula Palisade Completed
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1634
First Maryland Settlers Land at St. Clement's Island
Maryland · Settlement · Colonial Period
1634
European Settlers Found St. Mary's City
Maryland · Settlement · Colonial Period
1635
First Colonial Assembly Summoned in Maryland
Maryland · Legislation · Colonial Period
1635
Naval Battle at Pocomoke River
Maryland · Battle · Colonial Period
1636
Roger Williams Founds Providence Plantations
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1636
Founding of Providence Plantations by Roger Williams
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1636
Land Deed Signed Between Williams and Narragansett
Rhode Island · Treaty · Colonial Period
1636
Springfield settled by William Pynchon
Massachusetts · Settlement · Colonial Period
1636
Roger Williams Flees to Rhode Island, Befriends Narragansett
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1636
Massachusetts Bay conquers Block Island
Massachusetts · Battle · Colonial Period
1637
Narragansett Alliance with Rhode Island in Pequot War
Rhode Island · Other · Colonial Period
1637
Settlement of Aquidneck Island by Massachusetts Dissenters
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
New Sweden Colony Established
Pennsylvania · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
Settlement of Portsmouth by Religious Dissidents
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
Founding of Exeter by John Wheelwright
New Hampshire · Founding · Colonial Period
1638
Founding of New Sweden on Delaware River
New York · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
Founding of Portsmouth Settlement
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
New Sweden Colony Established
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
Peter Minuit Treaty with Lenape Chiefs
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1638
New Sweden Founded
New Jersey · Settlement · Colonial Period
1639
Maryland General Assembly Act on Assemblies
Maryland · Legislation · Colonial Period
1639
Gorges Obtains Renewed Royal Charter
Maine · Founding · Colonial Period
1639
Gorges Receives Second Patent from Charles I
Maine · Legislation · Colonial Period
1639
Founding of Newport by Coddington and Clarke
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1640
John Punch Sentenced to Lifetime Servitude
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1640
Agawam Plantation annexes to Massachusetts government
Massachusetts · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1641
New Hampshire Placed Under Massachusetts Governance
New Hampshire · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1641
New Hampshire Towns Placed Under Massachusetts Jurisdiction
New Hampshire · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1641
Susquehannock Declared Enemies of Maryland
Maryland · Other · Colonial Period
1642
First Recorded Epidemic in Delaware Valley
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1642
Shawomet Purchase and Founding of Warwick
Rhode Island · Settlement · Colonial Period
1643
Kieft's War Against Native Americans
New York · Battle · Colonial Period
1643
Fort Nya Gothenburg Founded on Tinicum Island
Pennsylvania · Founding · Colonial Period
1643
New England Confederation Formed
New York · Founding · Colonial Period
1643
Patent of 1643–1644 Confederacy Charter
Rhode Island · Founding · Colonial Period
1644
Claiborne and Ingle's Rebellion
Maryland · Other · Colonial Period
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