The New England Colonies By taliachinn Jan 1, 1620 Pilgrims (Puritans) landed on Plymouth Rock , setting up the first British colony in New England, and Signed the Mayflower Compact, Jan 1, 1636 Harvard College was founded to educate men for the ministry. Period: Jan 1, 1765 to Jan 1, 1767 Stamp Act and Townshend Act angers colonists. Jan 1, 1770 Boston Massacre Jan 1, 1773 Boston Tea Party Jan 1, 1775 British raids homes to end stockpiling of arms, Paul Revere rides Jan 1, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Jan 2, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord, Start of the Revolution Jan 1, 1776 The Declaration of Independence