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Pilgrims land in Plymouth
102 pilgrims load the Mayflower and land on the shores of Plymouth -
Pequot War
The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place between 1636 and 1638 in New England -
The “Great Awakening” (religious revival)
Evangelical Revival was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. -
Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. -
New England Anti-Slavery Society Founded
Anti-Slavery Society headquartered in Boston was organized as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Its roots were in the New England Anti-Slavery Society -
Moby Dick was published
Moby Dick famously begins with the narratorial invocation “Call me Ishmael.” The narrator, like his biblical counterpart, is an outcast. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin
An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". -
Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. -
American Civil War
Also called War Between the States, four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.
