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Nov 24, 2020 · Between 1626 and 1650, the new American colonies chafed at being so close to political rivals, and squabbled with one another over borders, religious freedom, and self-government. The key events during this time include the ongoing wars with Indigenous residents and disputes with the government of Charles I of England.
- October: England passes the Navigation Act that forbids goods to be imported from the colonies to England in non-English ships or from locations other than where they were produced.
- April 4: New Amsterdam is given permission to form its own city government. May 18: Rhode Island passes the first law in America which prohibits enslavement, but is never enforced.
- The New England Confederation—a union of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven colonies formed in 1643—plans to help England in the ongoing Anglo-Dutch Wars.
- The first Jewish immigrants arrive from Brazil and settle in New Amsterdam. October: The new governor of Maryland, William Fuller (1625–1695), nullifies the 1649 Toleration Act which gave Catholics the right to practice their religion.
Dec 4, 2020 · 1602: Captain Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607) is the first Englishman to land on the New England coast, exploring and naming Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. 1605: Port-Royal, Nova Scotia established by French explorers Pierre Dugua de Monts (1558–1628) and Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635), and is abandoned in 1607.
1640-1649. 1640 - The first book is printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book, at Cambridge for the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. December 10, 1641 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes its first set of laws in the Body of Liberties. 1641 - Witchcraft is made a capital crime in English law.
1612. The first commercial tobacco crop is raised in Jamestown, Virginia. 1626. The Dutch West India Company imports 11 black male slaves into the New Netherlands. 1636. Colonial North America's ...
King of England Charles I. Jul 5 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated. Aug 1 Dutch Count Ernest Casimir I, Duke of Nassau-Dietz conquers Oldenzaal. Aug 27 Battle of Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV. Sep 30 Battle between King Bethlen Gabor & Earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends.
The “ Great Migration ” to Massachusetts ends with the collapse of the reign of King Charles I and the beginning of the English Civil War; an estimated ten thousand Englishmen had come to New England by this time. Small settlements begin in Maine. Englishmen, dissatisfied with religious intolerance in Massachusetts, petition the Dutch for ...
