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The West India Company desired to grow New Netherland as it became commercially successful, yet the colony failed to attract the same level of settlement as the English colonies did. Many of those who did immigrate to the colony were English, German, Walloon, or Sephardim. [16]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
1623 – The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies. [4]1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States.
The 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims and their ship, the Mayflower, was observed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. [73] On the day before the celebration, movers were hoisting the Plymouth Rock with chains to transfer it to the site of the festivities outside of the Old Colony Theatre when it split along the repairs that had been made ...
16th c. ← Thirteen Colonies in the 17th century → 18th c.: 1600s in the Thirteen Colonies — 1601 • 1602 • 1603 • 1604 • 1605 • 1606 • 1607 • 1608 ...
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Whether you want a traditional lace gift or just a product that'll make your partner smile, you'll find it on this list of the best 13th-anniversary gifts.
The wars were fought over control of trade and political influence in the Black Sea and Crimean peninsula during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The wars were fought concurrently with the Venetian–Genoese wars, the Byzantine–Genoese Wars, the Mongol Civil Wars, and were interspaced by periods of hostility, embargo, détente, and cooperation.