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Name: Plymouth Colony

Type: Polity

Start: 1620 AD

End: 1692 AD

Parent: great britain

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Was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620.

Establishment


  • December 1620: On December 21, 1620, the first landing party arrived at the site of Plymouth.
  • Chronology


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    1. Glorious Revolution


    Was a revolution in England and Scotland that led to the deposition of Catholic King James II.

  • November 1688: By November 1688 William of Orange, who was Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and his wife Mary, were in control of England and Wales. They would later become King and Queen of Great Britain.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • May 1692: A new charter was issued, combining Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and other territories. The official date of the proclamation was October 17, 1691, ending the existence of Plymouth Colony, though it was not put into force until the arrival of the charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1692, carried by the new royal governor Sir William Phips.

  • Disestablishment


  • May 1692: A new charter was issued, combining Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and other territories. The official date of the proclamation was October 17, 1691, ending the existence of Plymouth Colony, though it was not put into force until the arrival of the charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1692, carried by the new royal governor Sir William Phips.
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