Major Events

First Africans arrive in Virginia

1619

Harvard College founded

1636

Half-Way Covenant for Congregational Church membership established

1662

Virginia assembly disfranchises landless freeman

1670

Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia

1676

Mass expansion of slavery in colonies

1680s

Leisler's Rebellion in New York

1689-1691

Salem witch trials in Massachusetts

1692

College of William and Mary founded

1693

Royal African Company slave trade monopoly ended

1698

New York City slave revolt

1712

South Carolina slave revolt

1739