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Puritan Expidetion
A puritan expedition which left England for the new world on the 6th of September reaches Plymouth Harbor. -
Another Colony
The first vessels of Winthrop's eleven ship fleet land in Massachusetts and form the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Pequot War
The Pequot tribe attacked the colonies of Plymouth and Saybrook in Massachusetts. Only 200 Pequot remains after the war. -
Slavery
Slavery is legalized in the colony of Connecticut and recognized in the others. -
The first Corporation
The Harvard Board becomes the first legalized corporation in the American colonies. -
The Navigation Act
The Navigation Act is passed by British Parliament to control colonial commerce in America. -
New Netherlands is Lost
300 British troops seize the New Netherlands in a peaceful takeover. -
Exploration
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore midwest states along the Mississippi River from Wisconsin to the Arkansas River. -
A new Country Wants in
France claims the lower Mississippi River valley, Louisiana, when Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle explores the region. -
A Settlement Lost
Jamestown is abandoned after the statehouse is burned in 1698 with the colonial government moving to Middle Plantation, renamed soon after as Williamsburg.