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In 1620, the Mayflower ship transported over 102 English Puritans and Separatists, the Pilgrim Fathers, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, a long journey of 66 days. -
In 1620, the year they arrived at Plymouth, they established their government, the basis of which was the Mayflower Compact, which they drafted on their journey to the New World. The Plymouth Colony is established. -
During the same year that Plymouth was founded. John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received land in northern New England which became the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
This is the timeline from the beginning of Plymouth to when they joined with Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials.
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In the Spring of 1630, John Winthrop led a fleet of 11 vessels and 700 passengers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Great Migrations led thousands of English people to the Americas, this happened from 1620-1640. -
In 1686, the formation of New England happened. King James II combines the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, East Jersey and West Jersey into a single colony. -
In 1691, Plymouth joins the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
During the year of 1691, hysteria over witchcraft accusations consumed the village of Salem Massachusetts. -
In 1628, Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and many Puritans continued to settle in the region. This took place eight years after the colony of Plymouth was established.