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New England is the oldest clearly defined region of the United States, being settled more than 150 years before the American Revolution.The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England.
New England Colonies Coat of Arms/Seal Name Capital Year(s) Colony type Notes Plymouth: Plymouth: 1620–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing: Merged into the Dominion of New England in 1686, reformed in 1689, and then merged into Massachusetts in 1691 Massachusetts Bay: Charlestown Salem Boston: 1628–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing
A second ship arrived in November 1621 named the Fortune, sent by the Merchant Adventurers one year after the Pilgrims first set foot in New England. It arrived with 37 new settlers for Plymouth. However, the ship had arrived unexpectedly and also without many supplies, so the additional settlers put a strain on the resources of the colony.
King James I and Charles I made some efforts to reconcile the Puritan clergy who had been alienated by the lack of change in the Church of England.Puritans embraced Calvinism (Reformed theology) with its opposition to ritual and an emphasis on preaching, a growing sabbatarianism, and preference for a presbyterian system of church polity, as opposed to the episcopal polity of the Church of ...
Jonathan Fairbanks (1594 – December 5, 1668) was an English colonist born in Heptonstall, Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. [1] He immigrated to New England in 1633. Around 1641, Fairbanks built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts , which is today the oldest surviving wood-framed house in North America.
The New England confederacy was destined to a life of less than forty years' duration. Its history, like that of other confederacies, presents a record of incessant discord--of encroachments by the most powerful party upon the weaker members, and of disregard, by all the separate members, of the conclusions adopted by the whole body.
The hose passed through several owners over the years and last received a restoration in 1946. [18] No dendrochronology survey has been conducted on the home. Fairbanks House: Dedham: 1641 The Fairbanks House is the oldest verified wood-frame house in North America after timbers were dated from 1637 to 1641 using dendrochronology. This home is ...
For a few years, the area was multicultural; the settlers had a peaceful relationship with Native Americans, who had been regular visitors to the area for generations. In the early years, the thatched cottages of the planters huddled along the bank of the river. [7] The new colony at Naumkeag proved to be successful and was named Salem in 1629 ...