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Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.
Massachussets Bay Co. 1620-84. English charter company established Theocracy in Mass. Charter annulled 1684. Plymouth Colony.
Plymouth Colony. 1620 Founded by Pilgrims in New England. Massachussets Bay Company.
Winthrop, John. 1588-1649. English Governor of Massachussets Bay Colony 1629~48 as Theocracy.
Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.
Gage, Thomas. 1721-87. English general, Governor of Massachussets. 1774-5. Siezed munitions at Concord, American Revolution.
Hutchinson, Anne. 1591-1643. Expelled from Massachussets. by Puritans, founded Rhode Is. 1637.
Massasoit. c1580-1661. American Indian chief, friend of Massachussets colonists.
Mayflower. 1620. Pilgrims’ ship to Massachussets.
Salem Witch Trials. 1692. 19 executed in Massachussets based on adolescent fantasies.
Shays, Daniel. c1747-1825. Led Massachussets farmers in rebellion 1786-7 for lower taxes. Defeated.
Thirteen Colonies. 1776. British colonies in North America which formed the United States: Virginia, Massachussets, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia.
Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.
Bay of Pigs. 1961. CIA-financed Cuban invasion by exiles fails. Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bayard, Pierre. 1476-1524. French knight in Italian wars. “The fearless and blameless knight.”
Bayer, Johann. 1572-1625. German astronomer. Star charts, 1603, include magnitude Greek symbols.
Bayeux Tapestry. c1104. 70 meter illustration of Norman Conquest of England.
Bayle, Pierre. 1647-1706. French religious sceptic: Dictionnaire Historique et Critique 1697.
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Hudson, Henry. -1611. English navigator to Hudson’s Bay.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
Kobayashi Kokei. 1883-1957. Japanese artist. Ideyu 1918.
Manila Bay, Battle. 1898. US defeats Spain, wins Philippines.
North West Company. 1783-1821. Rival of Hudson’s Bay Co. Merged.