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1517
Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther criticises clerics and popes when he nailed his dissents against Catholic teachings. Luther believed that the bible is the only source of God's truth. -
Arrival of First Africans
The first Africans arrived to Virginia as servants -
First Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower
A group of English man from Holland came to America in search for religious freedom. They settled outside the space of the Virginia Company and, without legitimate authorization, settled in Plymouth Bay. -
The Found of Massachusetts Bay Colony
A group of non-Separatist Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony because they feared their own faith and their country's future -
Harvard College
Harvard college was established in Massachusetts after 8 years of establishing an elementary school -
Salem Trial
A group of young ladies in Salem, Massachusetts, guaranteed to have been bewitched by certain older ladies. A witch chase resulted, prompting the legitimate lynching of 20 ladies in 1692.