jan 1, 1640 - 1640 European Immigration Virtually Stops
Description:
1640Stephen Day prints the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in the Colonies.
By 1640, about 20,000 European immigrants, mostly English Puritans, live across Massachusetts (which includes current-day Maine). After 1640, European immigration virtually stops for a number of years.
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Date:
jan 1, 1640
Now
~ 386 years ago