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The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
When the Mayflower ship landed, it had about 102 colonists and about 30 crew members aboard the small 100-foot ship. On November 9, they sighted land, which was Cape Cod. After several days of trying to sail south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11. The Mayflower Compact was signed that day. -
Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Colony was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English gained control of the colony permanently by the late 1630s. The colony was later the "scene of a bloody war" between the English and Indians, known as the Pequot War. Aidrean Block was the European explorer of Connecticut and after he discoovered the land he went back and brought the settlers with him. -
Harvard was Founded by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The New College came to existence by of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1936 the College was renamed to Harvard in honor of decreased Charlestown minister John Harvrad. He had been bequeathed to the school his entire library and half of his monetary esatae -
The Dutch launch a naval attack on Manhattan
The Dutch launch a naval attack against Manhattan to try and win back New Netherland during the third Anglo-Dutch War. Manhattan then surrendered. They capture other towns and rename New York to New Orange. -
A large wave of immigrants, arrives in Pennsylvania from Germany and the British Isles.
Thirteen families from the town of Krefeld arrived in Philadelphia on October 6, 1673. These were the first German immigrants to estblished a community called Germantown which still exists within the city of Philadelphina today. -
Yale College was founded in Connecticut.
Yale was founded in a nearby Saybrook as the Collegiate School to educate students for "Publick employment both in Church and Civil State." In over 300 years since its founding, Yale has worked to educate those who would become leaders and contributtors to every sector of society. -
Boston Tea Party
King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to reestablish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies.
The Declaration of Independence is one of the nation's most cherished symbols of Liberty. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable lap desk of his own design. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The United States, under President Thomas Jefferson, purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France. This land acquisition is commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase . President Jefferson chose Captain Meriwether Lewis as the leader mainly because he knew already some of the west. Lewis wanted a Co-Captin and he choose William Clark. -
Civil War
Before the Civil War, the South was mostly rural area and lacked transportation. After the Civil War, some from the Northen half came to the South to help them recover from the war, they gave the south roads, introduced factories, and education. In a way the war really helped the South by introducing new things to do.
