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Europeans arrive
Europeans arrive in North America and begin to settle -
Epidemic
An epidemic devastates the Wampanoag peoples -
William sets sail
William Pynchon sails for North America -
Pynchon purchases land
Pynchon purchased 150 acres of land from the indigenous Agawams, who lived along the western shore -
Selling land
The Agawams sell land to the English settlers -
Investigating trade
Pynchon sailed up the Connecticut River investigating prospects for the lucrative beaver trade -
Corn shortage
Connecticut suffers a corn shortage -
Pynchon is accused
Pynchon accused of heresy over his book The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption -
Pynchon goes home
Pynchon returns to England -
Selling land
The Nonotucks sell land to the English settlers -
King Phillips War begins
War breaks out between the English settlers and the Native Americans -
Natives attack
Wequogan and his men attack English settlers -
Metacomet killed
Metacomet is killed by musket fire leading to Native Americans surrender -
Springfield arsenal
The Springfield Arsenal was founded -
Daniel Shays marches
Daniel Shays marched on the Armory with the objective of seizing barracks, cannons, muskets and ammunition -
Farmers leave
Many farmers leave Massachusetts for the more fertile lands of the Midwest -
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law is passed -
Lincoln considers more soldiers
Lincoln and his officers were considering the recruitment of former slaves for the civil war -
First black regiment
Union organized the first regiments of black volunteers -
NAACP against discrimination
NAACP began to lobby the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination -
Mary files suit
Mary Barksdale filed suit against the Springfield School Committee -
The Armory was closed
The Springfield armory is closed
