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The Thirteen Colonies
The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product...
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Colonization and Settlement, 1585–1763
American colonial history belongs to what scholars call the early modern period. As such, it is part of a bridge between markedly different eras in the history of the western world...
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The Scarlet Letter and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s America
Nathaniel Hawthorne is the strange American author who has never been out of fashion; since his death in 1864, his stories and novels have resisted the tides of taste, canon...
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Puritan migration to Massachusetts Bay
Puritans began migrating to Massachusetts Bay.
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First reservations established
The first American Indian reservations were established when Puritans, led by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, signed a treaty dividing lands near New Haven with the Quinnipiac Indians.
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Winthrop fleet landed
The fleet of English ships led by John Winthrop landed in Salem, Massachussetts.