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King James I grants charter to Plymouth Company
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Jamestown established the first permanent English speaking settlement in the New World
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Captain John Smith maps the coast
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The Mayflower sails from Plymouth England and after a journey of sixty-six days anchors in Plymouth harbor and the Pilgrims established a settlement
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The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plymouth
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John Endecott Puritan colonial leader known for his intolerance of religious dissenters founds the Puritan colony at Naumkeag (later Salem) with Roger Conant
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Massachusetts Bay Company chartered
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King Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the English
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The Salem Witchcraft trials last for three months from June to September
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The Seven Years War due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain
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The American Revolution creates the United States of America
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Massachusetts gained independence over the british.
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United States Declaration of Independence
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France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain
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The Date that Massachusetts was admitted to the Union February 6, 1788
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The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence
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In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War
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The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy
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The Abolishment of Slavery.Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery
