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The Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims establish their own government, the basis of which was the Mayflower Compact, which they drafted on their journey to the New World on the Mayflower. The Plymouth Colony is established. The Mayflower Compact was singed on November 11. -
The Mayflower
The Mayflower ship transported 102 English Puritans and Separatists, the Pilgrim Fathers, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, a long journey of 66 days -
Peace Treaty
One of the first peace treaties between colonists and Native Americans, specifically the Plymouth pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribe, is signed with the aid of Squanto, an English-speaking Native American. -
The first Thanksgiving Feast
In 1621 the Natives and the Pilgrims got together for the fall harvest in October. -
The Puritans settle
The Puritans are the first to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
The first town goverment
The first town government in the colonies is organized in Dorchester, Massachusetts. -
The Puritans leader
Puritan settlers, led by John Wheelwright, found New Hampshire. -
Massachusetts aproves religious a law
In Massachusetts, the general court approves a law that makes religious heresy punishable by death. -
Massachusetts passes an edication law
Massachusetts passes a law, requiring all sizable towns to institute some form of public education.
