Top 10 Events By Aliciafaye2012 Jul 20, 1620 Pilgrims found Plymomuth Colony Nov 20, 1641 Massachusetts Bay Colony legalizes slavery Jul 6, 1660 Virginia legalizes slavery Apr 5, 1764 Sugar Act Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Jun 29, 1767 Townshend Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Aug 17, 1775 The Pennsylvania Abolition Society is organized to protect the rights of blacks unlawfully held as slaves Jun 19, 1792 Kentucky becomes the fifteenth state and enters the Union as a slave state