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John Bonner's map of Boston published. [2] [14] Population: 10,567. 1723 – Old North Church built, Salem Street. 1729 – Old South Meeting House [1] and Granary built. [2] 1732 – Hollis Street Church established. 1733 – September 27: Rebekah Chamblit executed. 1735 – Trinity Church built on Summer St. 1737 Charitable Irish Society of ...
Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country. E. P. Dutton. 1867. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. A good map of roads and rail lines in and around Boston. Downst, Henry P. (1916). Random Notes of Boston. Humphrey Publishing. Harris, Patricia & Lyon, David (1999). Boston. Oakland, California: Compass ...
After the European discovery of North America in the 15th century, European nations competed to establish colonies on the continent. In the late 16th century, the area claimed by England was well defined along the coast, but was very roughly marked in the west, extending from 34 to 48 degrees north latitude, or from the vicinity of Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina well into Acadia.
1751 Fry-Jefferson map depicting the Virginia Colony and surrounding provinces. Conestoga wagons on the Great Road. The heavily traveled Great Wagon Road was the primary route for the early settlement of the Southern United States, particularly the "backcountry". Although a wide variety of settlers traveled southward on the road, two dominant ...
Map depicting the Colony of Virginia (according to the Second Charter), made by Willem Blaeu between 1609 and 1638. For the third supply, the London Company had a new ship built. The Sea Venture was designed to emit additional colonists and transport supplies. It became the flagship of the admiral of the convoy, Sir George Somers.
1700s establishments in the Colony of Virginia (6 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1700 in the Colony of Virginia (1 C) 1702 in the Colony of Virginia (1 C) 1703 in the Colony of ...
The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England. A large influx of Puritans populated the New England region during the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640), largely in the Boston and Salem area. Farming, fishing, and lumbering prospered ...
1700 establishments in the Colony of Virginia (7 P) This page was last edited on 27 August 2024, at 16:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...