The New England Colonies

  • Pilgrims (Puritans) landed on Plymouth Rock , setting up the first British colony in New England, and Signed the Mayflower Compact,

  • Harvard College was founded to educate men for the ministry.

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    Stamp Act and Townshend Act angers colonists.

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • British raids homes to end stockpiling of arms, Paul Revere rides

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord, Start of the Revolution

  • The Declaration of Independence