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Bartholomew Gosnold landed and explored the United States
Bartholomew Gosnold landed in Massachusetts in 1602 and became the first British to land in the United States. He explored and discovered Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. -
Jamestown, Britain’s first permanent settlement in the United States.
In 1607, the British colonial fleet came to Virginia and landed in the United States. They named the place of landing Cape Henry and began to search for a place to live. They set up a settlement by the James River and began to settle permanently. -
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Starving Time, impacted and almost destroyed Jamestown
The occurrence of this famine is traceable. First of all, the original colonists did not plan to grow crops by themselves. All supplies were provided by the British supply fleet. However, because the supply fleet was delayed for several months due to the hurricane, and the number of colonists continued to increase, the demand for supplies became more and more urgent. Secondly, because of the drought in Jamestown, the crops grown by the colonists withered。 -
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Smallpox, Native American killer
Smallpox arrived in Massachusetts in 1633 and was transmitted to Indians by the children of a group of colonists in Plymouth. This disease will continue to plague and kill the natives and colonists in North America for hundreds of years. Before 1700, the deadliest outbreak occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Jamestown Massacre
On March 22, 1622, the Indians attacked and massacred the colonists of Jamestown. This massacre caused a total of 347 deaths and changed the British perception of Indians. -
Harvard University, The oldest higher education institution
Harvard University was established in 1636 by the Great Court of the Gulf Colony of Massachusetts and the ordinary courts. Harvard University was founded out of the need to train clergy. -
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Second Anglo-Dutch War, the British tried to defeat the Dutch naval blockade
After Britain won the first Anglo-Dutch War, it forced the Netherlands to recognize the legality of The Navigation Acts. And relying on the navy to forcibly occupy the Dutch colony of Amsterdam in North America, the two sides war again. -
The Public Occurrences, the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas
The first edition of the newspaper was published in Boston on September 25, 1690, once a month.
