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The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The The Pilgrims land in Massachusetts and found the first permanent town at Plymouth. -
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From Massachusetts was founded to Decleration of Independence
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The Pilgrims and the Indians have the first famous Thanksgiving in 1621.
The Pilgrims have their first famous Thanksgiving with the Indians whch started Thanksgiving. -
John Winthrop and his Puritans founded Massachusetts for Religious Freedoms.
John Winthrop found Massachusetts after leving the Isle of Wight. -
The English Puritans founded the town of Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Massachusetts Colony's first college was founded, Harvard.
Massachusetts's first college, Harvard, was founded. -
The colony's first library is established at Harvard.
2 years after Harvard was established, the colony's first library was established. -
Benjamin Franklin is born.
Writer and editor of the Declaration of Independence,Benjamin Franklin, is born in Boston, Massachusetts. -
John Adams is born in Massachusetts.
John Adams, future 2nd president of the United States of America, is born. -
Boston Massacre takes place Boston, Massachusetts
Five Americans were killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. -
The Boston Tea Party occurs in Boston, Massachusetts.
Colonists protest against the Tea Act by throwing the tea off a British ship in the ocean. -
Parliement passes the Coercive Act.
Parliement passes the Coercive Act, which closes down Boston's ports as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
Paul Revere's Midnightride
Paul Revere rides to Lexington to warn the colonists that the Britains were coming. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
70 Massachusetts militiamen battle 700 British soldiers at the Battle of Lexington and Concord in the Massachusetts providence, declaring the Revolutionary War. -
Britain surrenders
Britain forces surrender when American troops and French ship trap General Cornwallis in Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris
The United States and Britain sign the treaty of Paris.