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