CHRONOLOGY

1636

  • – Rhode Island colony is established.
  • – Connecticut colony is founded.

1638

  • – Anne Hutchinson is excommunicated.

1642

  • – Puritan Revolution inflames England.

1649

  • – English Puritans win the civil war.

1656

  • – Quakers arrive in Massachusetts and are persecuted.

1662

  • – Many Puritan congregations adopt the Halfway Covenant.

1692

  • – Salem witch trials.