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Bartholomew Gosnold establishes a settlement at Cuttyhunk Island.HoMV GoogleBooks |
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Boston Latin School, the oldest school in America, is founded.BLS tBLS |
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The Great Colonial Hurricane plows through New England destroying anything in its path.NEHS HS |
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General Court is convened in Hartford and war is declared against the Pequots.SCW ICT |
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Colonists attack and destroy the Pequot village at Misistuck (Mystic).ZEP ICT |
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| 1639 | | 25 Sep:
The first printing press in America is set up.BE AWD |
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The "Shoomakers of Boston" along with the coopers, form the first labor organization in America.jstor IA |
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King William's War; England declares war on France which lasts until the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick.HoMA MB |
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The first witchcraft accusations take place and arrest warrants are issued for Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.LoA WSU |
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Bridget Bishop becomes the first of the accused Salem witches to be executed.Salem SWM |
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Salem "witches", Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe and Sarah Wildes are executed.SW PJ |
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The Treaty of Utrecht is signed ending the War of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen Anne's War in North America.CHNC CBC |
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A series of four successive snowstorms create the Great Snow of 1717.NEHS NWS |
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| 1721 | | 26 Jun:
During a smallpox outbreak in Boston, Dr. Zabdiel Boylston begins inoculating patients beginning with his own son.MassMoments CW |
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Britain passes the Molasses Act putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the Colonies from anyplace other than Britain and its possessions.GoogleBooks JotAR |
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| 1752 | | 14 Sep:
The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.CSL CalWiz |
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| 1758 | | 27 Jul:
British and colonial forces defeat French and Canadian forces at the Battle of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.BB CTHist |
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| 1760 | | 20 Mar:
A "Great Fire" begins at a tavern in Boston and destroys about 350 homes, shops and warehouses by the time it is over.MassMoments BFHS |
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| 1765 | | 22 Mar:
The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament - a tax imposed on American colonists on any printed paper.GLIoAH Avalon |
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The Stamp Act goes into effect - a tax on the Colonies to fund the British Military in America.CC SAH |
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| 1770 | | 5 Mar:
The Boston Massacre. British troops kill five colonists.LoC NPS |
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Paul Revere rides out to warn the colonists that the British troops were on the march.PRH LoC |
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The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS |
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The Battle of Bunker Hill takes place.LoC Yale |
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| 1776 | | 24 Jan:
After several months, the cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga make it to Boston.APC AHC |
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The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is founded.TiS AAoA&S |
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Smoke from forest fires cause The Dark Day of 1780.NEHS HI |
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