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Setting Sail!
The Puritans set sail for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the New World from England aboard the Arbella. -
Arrival in Charlestown.
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Beginning of Boston
Governor John Winthrop purchases the Shawmut Peninsula south of Charlestown from William Blackstone. This land would be called "Boston." -
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Bible Commonwealth Created
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Founding of Harvard
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Ann Hutchinson Brought To Trial
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Tremendous Population Growth
30,000 people have come to Boston since it was founded in 1630l -
Creation of Public Schools
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Two-House Legislature Created
