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Was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was based on the merging of several earlier British colonies in New England.
Establishment
October 1691: The Massachussets Bay Colony was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William III and Mary II, who were the joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland at the time. This marked the transition of the territory to the Province of Massachussets Bay.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.
1.1.Nine Years' War
Was a conflict between France and the Grand Alliance, a coalition including the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, and Savoy. It is considered the first war that saw fighting globally because battles occured in Europe, America, Africa and India.
1.1.1.King William's War
Was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War.
August 1696: The Siege of Pemaquid occurred during King William's War when French and Native forces from New France attacked the English settlement at Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine).
August 1696: The siege of the English settlement of Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine) by French and Native forces from New France ended on August 14-15, 1696.
Was the war of independence of the United States of America (at the time the Thirteen Colonies) against Great Britain.
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
2.1.Boston campaign
Was a military campaign by the United States Continetal Army mainly in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
April 1775: The Battle of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the conflict between the United Colonies and British forces.
May 1775: Battle of Chelsea Creek.
March 1776: Siege of Boston: British forces evacuate the town.
2.2.Invasion of Quebec (1775)
Was the unsuccesful invasion of the British Province of Quebec by the United States Continental Army.
May 1775: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
2.2.1.Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec
Colonel Benedict Arnold led a force of 1,100 Continental Army troops on an expedition from Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to the gates of Quebec City.
September 1775: Continental Army troops led by Colonel Benedict Arnold sailed from Newburyport, Massachusetts to the mouth of the Kennebec River.
October 1775: American forces reached Norridgewock Falls, location of the last settlements on the Kennebec River.
October 1775: Two colonial battalions reached the Dead River.
October 1775: The expedition of Colonel Benedict Arnold reached Lake Mégantic.
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.
January 1693: The Province of Maine was incorporated into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692 under the 1628 patent.
January 1697: Nova Scotia was split off in 1696.
March 1702: As William III of England was also the de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic (as Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic), the Personal Union between Netherlands and Great Britain ended at his death.
January 1750: Some areas of Massachussets were transferred to Connecticut in 1749 .
January 1775: In 1774, the Southwick Jog, a small strip of land in Massachusetts, was transferred to Connecticut.
Disestablishment
March 1776: Siege of Boston: British forces evacuate the town.
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
Selected Sources
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.20
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.32
Frothingham, R. (1903): History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: also an Account of the Bunker Hill Monument. Little, Brown, & Company, pp. 100-101
Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960
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