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1498 |
The Native Indians of
Massachusetts included the The Native Indians of
Massachusetts were the Mohican, Nauset and the
Massachuset Italian
explorer John Cabot ( Giovanni Caboto ) explores the
coast for the English
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1602 |
Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 -
1607 ) the English explorer and colonizer explores
coast |
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1604 |
Samuel de Champlain
(1567-1635) French explorer and navigator maps the
coast |
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1606 |
King James I grants charter to
Plymouth Company (also called Virginia Company of
Plymouth, organized 1606 by King James I of England
to establish colonies in America
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1607 |
Jamestown established - the
first permanent English-speaking settlement in the
New World |
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1614 |
Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
maps the coast |
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1620 |
The Mayflower sails from
Plymouth, England and after a journey of sixty-six
days anchors in Plymouth harbor, and the Pilgrims
established a settlement
John Winthrop, English Puritan
leader (1587-1649), arrives in Massachusetts with
1,000 settlers
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1621 |
The first Thanksgiving was
celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plymouth |
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1626 |
John Endecott (1588-1665)
Puritan colonial leader known for his intolerance of
religious dissenters founds the Puritan colony at
Naumkeag (later Salem) with Roger Conant (1592-1679)
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1629 |
Massachusetts Bay Company
chartered |
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1675 |
1675 - 1677: King Philip's War
so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who
was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody
and bitterly fought by the colonists against the
Native Indians. During King Philip's War, up to one
third of America's white population was wiped out.
This war proved to be the final struggle by the
Native Americans of Massachusetts
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1692 |
The Salem Witchcraft trials
last for three months from June to September |
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1763 |
1763 - 1767 Legal battles were
settled by a survey -- which resulted in the
Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon, establishing Maryland's northern
boundary
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1788 |
Statehood - The Date that
Massachusetts was admitted to the Union - February
6, 1788. Constitution - Massachusetts was the 6th
State to be admitted to the Union. State Motto - "
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem " the
State Motto is translated as " By the sword we seek
Peace, but Peace only under Liberty "
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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