Article: 1600-1754: Native Americans: Chronology

1600-1754: Native Americans: Chronology

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1600-1754

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1600-1754

1614

  • The Dutch establish Fort Nassau near present-day Albany, New York, and begin a trading alliance known as the Covenant Chain with the League of the Iroquois, a confederacy of five tribes.

1622

  • The Powhatan Confederacy attacks Jamestown, and the resulting war rages intermittently until a treaty is signed in 1646.

1624

  • Over the next four years the League of the Iroquois pushes the Mahicans (or Mohicans) east of the Hudson River.

1637

  • The Pequot War begins in New England, and the colonists nearly exterminate the tribe.

1648

  • The Iroquois launch a massive attack on ...

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