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James refuses
• At the Hampton Court Conference, James I refuse to tolerate Puritans. -
pilgrims establish
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. -
Their own government
1620 - 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
The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists.
On November 11, the Mayflower Compact is signed, establishing a form of local government at Plymouth. -
the Indianans fear
The Indians seemed to fear the new white settlers, because they look different and they are coming to their land and taking it form them and they dislike the idea of this. "would sometimes show themselves aloof off, but when any approached near them they would run." -
Peace Treaties were signed
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. -
First to Settle M. Bay Colony
The Puritans are the first to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Winthrop Fleet
in the spring of 1630, John Winthrop led a fleet of 11 vessels and 700 passengers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Founded Harvard
Harvard College is founded. -
Founded Hartford
Puritan clergyman Thomas Hooker and others leave Massachusetts and found Hartford. -
Founded Providence and Rhode Island
Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island. Providence then becomes a haven for colonists, like Williams, fleeing religious intolerance. -
Puritan settlers found New Hampshire
Puritan settlers, led by John Wheelwright, found New Hampshire.
