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New England is the oldest clearly defined region of the United States, being settled more than 150 years before the American Revolution.The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England.
1664 – Royal commission investigates conditions in New England. As part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, England captures New Netherland and renames it the Province of New York. 1665 – The Duke's Laws are issued. 1666 – Great Fire of London. 1669 – The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina are drawn up.
It continued up through all the New England states except for Vermont. October 6, 1898 – A hurricane came from the west and hit Maine as a tropical depression, then continued east into Atlantic Canada. November 1, 1899 – A hurricane struck New England as a 50 mph (80 km/h) extratropical storm.
3.1 1800s–1840s. 3.2 1850s–1890s. 4 ... This article is a timeline of the history of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, ... New England Museum of Natural History, ...
The Colony of Massachusetts Bay, the Colony of New-Plymouth, the Province of New-Hampshire, the Province of Main, the Narraganset Country or King's Province as the Dominion of New-England in America, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the Connecticut Colony, the Province of New-York, the Province of East Jersey, and the ...
1980 – New England Summer Nationals automotive festival begins. 1982 – Centrum arena opens. 1983 – Interstate 190 highway in operation. 1986 – Telegram & Gazette newspaper formed. 1987 Greater Worcester Land Trust founded. [32] United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts division opens.
Hosmer, James Kendall ed. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630–1649; Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England (1998), new social history; Labaree, Benjamin Woods. Colonial Massachusetts: A History (1979), scholarly overview online; Labaree, Benjamin W. The Boston Tea Party (1964) online
England, France, and the Netherlands made several attempts to colonize New England early in the 17th century, and those nations were often in contention over lands in the New World. French nobleman Pierre Dugua Sieur de Monts established a settlement on Saint Croix Island, Maine in June 1604 under the authority of the King of France.