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| 1616 |
| | | John Smith publishes A Description of New England, an account of his exploration of the region in 1614 | |
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| 1621 autumn |
| | | The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians | |
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| 1622 |
| | | A sudden attack by Powhatan Indians, led by their chieftain Opechancanough against the English colony at Jamestown, results in the death of more than 300 settlers | |
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| 1623 |
| | | Tne English settlers in Virginia arrange a peace conference with the Powhatan Indians, using it as an opportunity to murder the Powhatan delegates | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Peter Minuit purchases the island of Manhattan from local Indians and calls the place New Amsterdam | |
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| 1637 |
| | | War between English colonists and Pequot Indians brings disaster to the Pequots but safeguards the settlement of Connecticut | |
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| 1648 |
| | | Iroquois raids drive the Huron west to the Great Lakes | |
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| 1675 |
| | | A sudden uprising by the Wampanoag Indians against the new England settlements begins the conflict known as King Philip's War | |
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| 1680 |
| | | The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish, killing 21 missionaries and some 400 colonists | |
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| 1682 |
| | | William Penn achieves peace for Pennsylvania by negotiating a treaty with the local Lenape (or Delaware) tribes | |
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