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| 1620 December 26 |
| | | The Pilgrims on the Mayflower select a place for their settlement, and give it the name of Plymouth, their port of departure in England | |
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| 1620 |
| | | William Bradford begins a journal of the Pilgrims' experience in New England, subsequently published (in 1856) as History of Plymouth Plantation | |
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| 1621 autumn |
| | | The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians | |
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| 1621 |
| | | William Bradford, one of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower, is elected governor of the new Plymouth Colony | |
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| 1622 |
| | | A sudden attack by Powhatan Indians, led by their chieftain Opechancanough against the English colony at Jamestown, results in the death of more than 300 settlers | |
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| 1623 |
| | | Tne English settlers in Virginia arrange a peace conference with the Powhatan Indians, using it as an opportunity to murder the Powhatan delegates | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Peter Minuit purchases the island of Manhattan from local Indians and calls the place New Amsterdam | |
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| 1630 |
| | | John Winthrop, appointed governor of the new Massachusetts Bay Company, sails from England with 700 settlers | |
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| 1630 |
| | | John Winthrop selects the site of Boston for the first Massachusetts settlement | |
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| 1630 |
| | | John Winthrop, arriving in Massachusetts, begins the journal that is eventually published as The History Of New England | |
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