| 1542 | California claimed | Spain, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo |
| 1565 | St. Augustine settled | Spain, Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
| 1607, 13 May | Jamestown, Virginia | British |
| 1607, 14 May | Jamestown, Virginia | British |
| 1608, 3 Jul | Quebec founded | French, Samuel de Champlain |
| 1609, 11 Sep | Dutch Claim New Netherland | Dutch, Henry Hudson (NY) |
| 1609 | Virginia | Powhatan War – thru 1614 |
| 1620 | Plymouth | British, Pilgrims, William Bradford |
| 1622 | Virginia | 2nd Powhatan War – thru 1632 |
| 1624 | New Netherland Settled | Dutch West India Company |
| 1630 | Mass Bay Colony | British, John Winthrop |
| 1634 | Maryland founded | British (Lord Calvert, The Ark) |
| 1636 | Rhode Island founded | British |
| 1636 | Connecticut founded | British |
| 1638 | New Sweden | Sweden |
| 1644 | Virginia | 3rd Powhatan War – thru 1646 |
| 1661 | Virginia | Slavery legalized |
| 1664, 12 Mar | New York (city and territory) | British, captured New Amsterdam and renamed it |
| 1675 | King Philip’s War | New England, 1675-1676 |
| 1681 | Pennsylvania Established | British, William Penn |
| 1682 | Mississippi Valley | French, New France |
| 1702 | Mobile, Louisiana | French (capital of French Louisiana) |
| 1711, 12 Sep | Tuscarora War | North Carolina 1711- 1718 |
| 1712 | Carolina Colony | British (became North and South Carolina) |
| 1715, 15 Apr | Yamasee War | South Carolina, 1715-1717 |
| 1718 | New Orleans, Louisiana | French (capital of French Louisiana) |
| 1732 | Georgia founded | British (James Oglethorpe) |
| 1745, 15 Jun | Fort Louisbourg | Unified colonial capture of Fortress of Louisbourg |
| 1754, 28 May | Battle of Jumonville Glen | British (Va Militia) Origin of French and Indian War |
| 1755, 9 Jul | Braddock’s Defeat | British, and aftermath of battle |
| 1759, 13 Sep | Fall of Quebec | British |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris | British/French End of French and Indian War |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris | British Establishment East Florida |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris | British Establishment West Florida |
| 1764, 14 Feb | Founding of St. Louis | French Louisiana |
