New English Canaan
1637 Thomas Morton New English Canaan
First printing press established at 1638 Massachusetts Bay
Sugar boom in Caribbean leads to 1640s increased importation of slaves
1640 The Bay Psalm Book
The English Civil War begins 1642
1644 Roger Williams The Bloody Tenet of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
1650 Anne Bradstreet The Tenth Muse
First Quakers arrive in Massachusetts 1656
1662 Michael Wigglesworth The Day of Doom
1673 Samuel Sewall The Diary of Samuel Sewall [Cus- toms, Courts, and Courtships]
King Philip’s War erupts between 1675 New Englanders and an alliance of Indian tribes led by Metacomet
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Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Edward Taylor “The Preface”; “Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children”
French Calvinists or Huguenots 1685 escape persecution in France and settle in the English colonies in America
Salem witch trials begin 1692
1693 Cotton Mather The Wonders of the Invisible World
1704– Sarah Kemble Knight 1705 The Journal of Madam Knight
England, Ireland, Scotland, 1707 and Wales unite as Great Britain
1708 Ebenezer Cook The Sot-weed Factor
George I assumes the throne 1714 of England after the death of Queen Anne
Cotton Mather starts smallpox 1720 inoculations
George II begins his reign, which 1727 extends until 1760
1728 William Byrd The History of the Dividing Line
The Great Awakening seizes 1730s– America 1740s
1741 Jonathan Edwards Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The French and Indian War 1754 – 1763
1756– John Woolman 1772 The Journal of John Woolman
King George III ascends 1760 to the throne of England
Mason-Dixon line surveyed 1763– 1767
The Stamp Act and Quartering 1765 Act further antagonize colonists; the Sons of Liberty, a resistance group, is formed
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