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1620 - 1621Half of the pilgrims die during the winter of 1620-1621 from disease, exposure, and malnutrition.
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11 Nov 1620The Mayflower lands in the region of modern-day Massachusetts, North America, bringing the pilgrims to the New World.
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11 Nov 1620The Mayflower Compact is signed by the pilgrims establishing democratic government of the Plymouth Colony.
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1621 - 1622The pilgrims establish the Plymouth Colony with the help of Native Americans who teach them how to survive and flourish.
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1622Captain Myles Standish disrupts relations with the Native Americans by executing two for no reason; trade relationships fall off.
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1628 - 1630Establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Puritans seeking to evangelize the native population of North America.
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1675 - 1678King Philip's War in which thousands are killed as the Native Americans try to defend their land and way of life from increasing European colonization of the Americas.
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c. 1678 - c. 1691Native Americans are sold into slavery or moved onto reservations as more European colonists arrive in North America.
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1691Plymouth Colony is absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the latter's new charter.
