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Harvard founded
Harvard was first founded in 1636 as a school for teaching ministers in Puritan Massachusetts -
Half-Way Covenant in New England
The Half-Way Covenant states that any child born to parents who have not converted could still be members. They were just "half-way" members who couldn't participate in communion. -
Mary Rowlandson's Sovereignty and Goodness of God
During this time the favorite book genre was captive narrative and this book was about a woman who had escaped captivity from the natives. -
William and Mary college founded
Named after William and Mary of Orange, the saviors of the English crown, the school first opened its doors in 1693 and became a school for men. -
Yale founded
In 1701 the English settlers founded Yale college as a school to educate ministers in Connecticut. -
Iroquois sign treaty of neutrality with France
After a years-long war with the French, the Iriquois Confederacy signed a treaty to end the violence in the area. -
Spanish begin construction of Texas missions
Spanish missions began popping up all over the Southwest and began to enter into the Texas area. These missions were designed to help convert the pueblos to Christianity. -
Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanac
An almanac is a way to get information to everyone by way of a short book that everyone can afford and can carry around with them. The most famous of these was Poor Richard's, which also included jokes and things that were entertaining to people of the time. -
George Whitefield first tours the colonies
Whitefield toured the colonies to help come up with ideas to further the Great Awakening that was gathering speed during the 1730s. He started in the south where it was the most prominent.