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| 1607 |
| | | The Jamestown settlers meet an unfriendly reception from the local Powhatan Indians, having to use their muskets to beat off an attack within two weeks of their arrival | |
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| 1608 |
| | | John Smith claims (many years later) that when captured by Indians he was saved from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief | |
|  | Map of Virginia featuring an image of Pocahontas, 1608
National Archives, Kew
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| 1613 |
| | | The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war | |
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| 1614 |
| | | Pocahontas is baptized a Christian and marries John Rolfe, one of the Jamestown colonists | |
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| 1616 |
| | | Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown | |
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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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