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Years Image Event Description Keywords
1607   Popham Colony planted in Maine   settlement, Maine, archaeology
1623   Permanent English settlements in New Hampshire   settlement, colony
1624   Pemaquid (Maine) established This is a conjectural date since the exact time is unknown. This was one of several fishing or fur-trading operations established in the 1620s in northern new England. settlement, colony, Maine
1630   Massachusetts Bay Colony Although other colonies preceded it, the Bay Colony soon dominated the region because of effective organization and massive migration. colony, settlement, Puritans
1634   John Endecott defaces King's colors Radical Puritan John Endecott of Salem believed that the image of the cross was idolatrous. A website for the Popham Colony has a representation of such a flag. Endicott, Endecott, flag, Hawthorne, Puritans
1634   Massachusetts immigrants settle Wethersfield and Windsor, Connecticut   Connecticut, colony, settlement
1635   Roger Williams founds Providence, RI Banished from the Bay Colony for his religious beliefs, Williams and his followers found refuge among the Narragansetts. colony, settlement, Indians, Rhode Island
1636   Thomas Hooker leads settlement at Hartford.   colony, settlement, Puritans
1638   New Haven founded   colony, settlement, Connecticut, Puritan
1764   Thomas Hutchinson, "History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay" An important early history by the later Loyalist governor. Dealt with witchhunting and with the banishment of his ancestor, Anne Hutchinson. witch, antinomianism, loyalist
1769   Forefather's Day celebrated by Plymouth's Old Colony Club    

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