1625 External affairs: King James 1 of England dies,succeeded by King Charles 1 ------ Colonial affairs: George Yeardley is appointed by the English crown as governor of the Virginia Colony, replacing Sir Francis Wyatt ------- 1626 settling: Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland on the ship "Sea-mew". He settles on Manhattan Island with other Dutch colonist. Later this year he buys Manhattan from the Indians for 60 guilders [about $24] This price was paid in goods. Minuit names the island New Amsterdam. Dutch from New Jersey move to New Amsterdam. --------- colonial affairs Pilgrims in Plymouth colony bolstered by growing prosperity and their increasing numbers, reach a decison to buy out the London stock holders for £1900 and to take over the repayment of the company debt of £600 Eight colonist guarantee the agreement in exchange for a trade monopoly and tax on shareholders until the debt is repaid. -------- settling: By Roger Conant, colonist from Cape Ann established the settlement of Naumkeag [now Salem,Mass] ----------------- Industry: Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam build the 1st flour mill in the colonies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 1627 Colonial affairs Francis West is appinted governor of the royal colony of Virginia by the English Crown replacing George Yeardley. -------- settling: in urgent attempts to provide adequate number of settlers for the Virginia colony, the London managers send over a shipload of some 1500 kidnapped children, some of whom were quite young. --------- colonial affairs: the New Amsterdam colony and the Plymouth Colony, establish a trading relationship. **Plymouth colony erects a trading post on the Kennebec River in Maine **French cardinal Richelieu founds the company of New France, granting the company a monopoly in fur trading on the North American continent and title to all the land area from Florida to the Arctic. ---------- ideas and beliefs. The leader of the Merrymount colony [now Quincy], Thomas Morton, erects a maypole to mock the ascetic religious practices of the neighboring Puritans. *********************************************************** 1628 colonial affairs: the newly formed New England Company in Massachusetts , led by a nonconformist clergyman, John White, is awarded a patent to the lands between the Merrimac and Charles Rivers. Most of this group, 90 participants were Puritans, and some of them were members of the Dorchester Company of 1624 that had unsuccessfully sought to settle Cape Ann. ------ Life/customs: The Massachusetts colonist at Merrymount lead by Thomas Morgan celebrate "May Day" with a maypole, dancing and drinking. The revival of this pagan festival in the new world horrifies the Plymouth Pilgrims. ------------ colonial affairs; the Plymouth Pilgrims send Miles Standish to eradicate the Merrymount settlement at Quincy. Established in 1623 by Captain Wollaston and govern by Thomas Morton, the colony enjoyed considerable success at Indian trading. Morton is reviled by the Pilgrims for his dissolute life style and after his capture by Miles Standish, he is sent back to England. ----- settling: a group of 40 English settlers led by John Endicott arrives by ship at present day Salem. Roger Conant and his colonist are already in residence there. **after governing the settlement for 2 years, Endecott is succeeded by John Winthrop. ***now the era of "Massachusetts Bay Colony" begins. --------------- Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor