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Nov 9, 2009 · Puritans fled in large numbers beginning in 1630: One of the first of these included John Winthrop, future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ... Her husband rose to prominence in Boston ...
Jul 2, 2008 · The persecution of Quakers was also part of the Puritans’ determination to rule themselves, independent of England. The Puritans who had remained in England during the Great Migration to America of the 1630s drifted apart from their New England brethren. They were more inclined to allow toleration of other professions of Christian faith.
Mar 17, 2014 · When the Irish famine ships arrived in Boston in the 1840s, tens if not hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Ireland already made their mark on New England. By 1790, there were 400,000 Americans of Irish birth or ancestry out of a population of 3.9 million. Half were Scots-Irish from Ulster, the other half were Catholics from southern Ireland.
Winthrop Fleet. Arrival of the Winthrop Colony, by William F. Halsall. The Winthrop Fleet was a group of 11 ships led by John Winthrop out of a total of 16 [1] funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company which together carried between 700 and 1,000 Puritans plus livestock and provisions from England to New England over the summer of 1630, during ...
Dec 14, 2019 · In September, the colonists officially name their settlement Boston after Boston, England. 1632 – The colonists officially make Boston the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1634 – William Blackstone sells his 50 acre farm in Boston to the colonists, which they use as a community common now known as Boston Common, and leaves for Rhode ...
Dec 18, 2009 · Plymouth Colony was a British colony in Massachusetts settled by travelers arriving on the Mayflower in the 17th century. It was the first colonial settlement in New England and was the site of ...
Feb 9, 2010 · Robinson and Stevenson, who were hanged from an elm tree on Boston Common in Boston, were the first Quakers to be executed in America. Quakers found solace in Rhode Island and other colonies, ...
