The Stamp Act was Passed by the British Parliament and Imposed on American Colonists
In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ …
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1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery
Slavery is not simply a historical phenomenon.. It persists to this day in modern forms, such as trafficking. Quakers have opposed it from very early …
Johnson v. Parker: Black Slave Owner Becomes First Legal Slave Owner in America After Winning Suit to Keep Parker, also Black, as His Slave for Life
Anthony Johnson (AD 1600 – 1670) was an Angolan who achieved freedom in the early 17th century Colony of Virginia. Johnson was captured in his …
The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England
The Articles of Confederation between the Plantations under the Government of the Massachusetts, the Plantations under the Government of New Plymouth, the Plantations under the …
Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven
THE 4th day of the 4th month, called June, 1639, all the free planters assembled together in a general meeting, to consult about settling civil …
Harvard College is Founded as a Religious School to Train Clergy in the Christian Faith
Only eighteen years after the Pilgrims landed in the New World, Harvard College, the first of the Ivy League schools, was established for the sake …
Richard Frethorne’s Letter to His Parents
Richard Frethorne, perhaps little more than a boy when he arrived, was an indentured servant in Virginia for two years before his death there in …
The First Thanksgiving Occurred between Sept 21st and Nov 9th, 1621
The unfamiliar American soil presented problems to the Pilgrims, but an Indian named Samoset greeted them and taught them how to fertilize best fertilize the …
The Mayflower Pilgrims Land and Found Plymouth Led by William Bradford
The Pilgrims fled from England to Holland in 1607. When Spain threatened to invade Holland, the Pilgrims decided to flee again. They considered sailing to …
The Mayflower Compact is Signed by 41 English Colonists Onboard the Mayflower
The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the …