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Jamestown is Founded
Three ships arrived from England with 104 men and boys; settlers named river James after the king; established Jamestown settlement -
Mayflower arrives at Cape Cod
In 1620 the pilgrims landed at cape cod and established the settlement in Plymouth -
Treaty signed with Wampanog Indians
In 1621 The pilgrims in America Signed a peace treaty with the wompanoag Indians They also celebrated thanksgiving together for the bountiful harvest -
Boston Founded
founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. -
first Paper Money
It was issued to pay the soldiers in the revolutionary war when they went to go fight in Quebec Canada -
New Charter
It became a royal colony with Maine and Plymouth -
French and Indian war ends
In 1763 The British captured fort Quebec and ended the french power over the st. Lawrence river diminishing all of Frenches north American power -
Boston massacre
On March 5th five British soldiers shot into a crowd of colonists right in front of the customs house which would later be called the Boston massacre -
Boston Tea party
On December 16th colonist men and boys disguised as Native Americans boarded three tea ships and destroyed 342 chests of tea -
Siege of Boston
With Boston in a state of siege Washington prepared his artillery and threatened to destroy the city if the British didn't leave. the British did leave along with 1000 loyalists -
Lexington and Concord
In 1775 Thomas Gage and 700 men marched to Lexington and Concord to destroy munition and arrest political leaders. He was met by Captain john Parker and 70 militia men and a small fight broke out then the British marched to destroy the munition and was met by 4000 militia. They were peppered down as they retreated to Boston -
Declaration of Independence adopted
on July 4th 1776 John Hancock and 55 other representatives signed the declaration of independence Saying that the were free and independent states -
First Massachusetts Governor
In 1780 John Hancock became the first ever Governor of Massachusetts -
6th U.S state
Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. -
Maine separates
In 1820 Maine separated from Massachusetts to form its own state -
anti-slavery newspaper
The Liberator, anti-slavery newspaper, published in Boston -
Church and state separate
In 1833 Constitutional amendment separated church and state, Puritanism in government ended which was a big deal because puritans where the power of Massachusetts at one time -
Surgery
In 1846 Use of anesthesia surgery first demonstrated by dentist, Dr. William T. G. Morton, at Massachusetts General Hospital -
First National Women's Rights Convention
The convention was organized by Lucretius Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. -
Fig Newton
Machine invented by James Henry Mitchell mass-produced first Fig Newton Cookies -
First trans-Atlantic radio broadcast
First trans-Atlantic radio broadcast between President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII of Great Britain at Marconi Station at Wellfleet -
first woman elected to U. S. House of Representatives
Edith Nourse Rogers first woman elected to U. S. House of Representatives; introduced GI Bill -
microwave oven
It cost $495 (about $3,200 today). Consumer interest in microwave ovens began to grow. About 40,000 units were sold in the United States in 1970 -
Federal Court ordered integration of Boston schools
Whites held boycotts and demonstrations against integrated busing program -
"Big Dig" in Boston
Known unofficially as the Big Dig, was a mega project in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery of Interstate 93, the chief highway through the heart of the city, into the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel. -
human embryo clone
The research a complete failure because the cloned embryos all died very early, long before reaching the multi-cell, or blastocyst, stage at which stem cells could be harvested. -
Roman Catholic Church sex abuses
130 people have come forward with horrific childhood tales about how former priest John J. Geoghan allegedly fondled or raped them during a three-decade spree -
World Series
The 86-year gap between Boston's World Series championships ended at Busch Stadium with the Red Sox, the world champion Red Sox, in a joyous scrum on the infield. -
ceiling collapse
Water leaks in new tunnels of "Big Dig" caused ceiling collapse, killed one -
Boston marathon
During the Boston Marathon on April 15, two pressure cooker bombs exploded killing 3 people and injuring 264
