Timeline

1565–1799 ∼ Establishing Towns in Colonial America

Establishment of St. Augustine (1565), Jamestown (1607), Santa Fe (1610), Boston (1630) / New England port towns connect English trade routes to many parts of the world (1650–1750) / Annapolis, a seaport with considerable commerce, becomes the capital of Maryland (1694) / Puritan towns develop, through cooperative efforts, a public school system, town meeting government, and the comprehensive organization of the Congregational Church. (1700–1775) / By 1700, 120 towns are established in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire with more than 100 new towns founded in the next fifty years / By 1765, almost one-fifth of Pennsylvanians live in towns / Industrial Revolution reaches New England, generating a new type of town, the textile mill town; by 1812 there are twenty-two textile mills in New England (1780–1812)

MILESTONES: First African slaves arrive in America at Jamestown, Virginia (1619) • Savannah, Georgia is established as America’s first planned city (1733)

1800–1899 ∼ Opening the Frontier to...