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The word "Puritan" appears for the first time. The Puritans are "Calvinists", "legalists", and name-callers. They are serious, and oppose most things that are fun for themselves or others.
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Slavery was introduced to the colony of Virginia
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Samuel Parris was hired as the Salem Village minister
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The salem witch hunts officialy begin. Samuel Parris, the village minister introduces the possibility of witches after his nine year old daughter (Betty) and other young girls in the village become sick.
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Edward Bishop is jailed for proposing flogging as cure for witchcraft
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5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass.
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Last person hanged for witchcraft in the United States
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Massachusettes orders all priests to leave the colony.
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British troops begin occupation of Boston.
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The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
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