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First detailed observations of Jupiter were made by Galileo Galilee in 1610 using a small telescope -
The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. Headed for Virginia but stormy weather forced it off course to Massachusetts -
11 ships with over 800 English colonists that were led by John Winthrop left England to settle in Massachusetts Bay colony. This was a big start to immigration from England. Boston was officially established. -
The Maryland Toleration Act is passed in the American colony to ensure freedom of religion for christian settlers. -
The Battle of Dunbar was between the English and the Scottish, it was one of the last major battles of the English civil Wars. English troops defeated the Scottish army. -
King Charles II spent two years in exile, in 1660 he was invited back to London and restored to his fathers throne. -
King Philips War begins between the colonists in New England and a group of Native Americans tribes including the Wampanoag people. Thousands of Indians were killed, wounded, or captured. The war decimated the Narragansett. -
The Pueblo Rebellion was a organized revolt of Pueblo Indians, who had success in overthrowing Spanish rule in Mexico for 12 years. -
The Battle of Boyne was mostly about exiled King James II attempt to regain the throne of England and Scotland. -
The Salem Witch trials was a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft.