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Trading Post
Samuel Maverick builds a trading post at Noodle Island. -
Place of Clear waters
William Blackstone builds his house on a peninsular people call place of clear waters. -
City upon a hill
John Winthrop comes to Boston to create "a city upon a hill" -
Anne Hutchison
Anne Hutchison is banished from Boston. -
Mary Dyer is executed
Mary Dyer is exeuted for being a Quaker. -
King Philips War
Was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–76. The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, known to the English as "King Philip". -
Goodwife Glover
Goodwife Glover is executed in Boston for "witchcraft" -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town. -
The Stamp Act
Many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Thomas Hutchison's home
A mob ransacks Lieutenant governor Thomas Hutchison's home. -
Long Wharf
Arrival of two regiments of "Red Coats" on Long Wharf. -
The death of Christopher Seider
Christopher Seider along with a dozen other school boys were among an angry mob in front of a building throwing rocks at the shop of a Loyalist merchant. Ebenezer shot Christopher Seider. -
The Boston Massacre
British redcoats killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Indains dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops march to Lexington and Concord but are turned back. -
The Battle of Bunkerhill
British seize Breed's Hill after a day of fighting. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Alerting Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
The Evacuation of the British from Boston
British General William Howe, whose garrison and navy were threatened by these positions, was forced to decide between attack and retreat. To prevent what could have been a repeat of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Howe decided to retreat, withdrawing from Boston to Nova Scotia on March 17.
