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Winthrop fleet landed
The fleet of English ships led by John Winthrop landed in Salem, Massachussetts.
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Half-Way Covenant
New England Puritans established the Half-Way Covenant, an agreement extending partial church membership to church members’ children who had not yet experienced conversion. Solomon Stoddard, grandfather ofreligious leader Jonathan Edwards, was among the major proponents of the Covenant.
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A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Works of God
John Edwards’ A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Works of God was published in 1737. The Narrative offered accounts of “remarkable conversions” in and around Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
In Enfield, Connecticut, Jonathan Edwards delivered his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” warning of the “torments of Hell” and urging listeners to “save themselves from Hell’s pains” by accepting Christ.
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French-Huron alliance
Following the founding of Quebec City, Samuel de Champlain entered into an alliance with the Huron Indians. The alliance created a lasting trade parternship between the French and Hurons and helped strengthen both groups against the Iroquois.
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Albany Congress
The first Albany Congress, called to negotiate a treaty with the Iroquois in the event of a war with the French, approved Benjamin Franklin’s “Plan of the Union” for the colonies.
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Colonial population 20 percent African
Africans made up 20 percent of the colonial population.
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Crown control of Virginia
King James I rescinded Virginia Company’s charter and assumed authority over Virginia.
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Dominion of New England established
The British Crown merged the English colonies of New England—Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island—into a single province called the Dominion of New England. The Dominion, headed by a single royal governor, was dissolved in 1689 in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution when English colonists overthrew the royal government and sent Crown representatives back to London.
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First Navigation Act
Parliament passed the First Navigation Act, which was intended to interrupt Dutch trade.