| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
| 1620 |
Mayflower brings Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts |
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| 1624 |
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Jews in Brazil aid Dutch attack on Portuguese and form a congregation |
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| 1636 |
Roger Williams founds Rhode Island, the first colony to uphold religious freedom |
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| 1648 |
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Bogdan Chmelnitzki massacres one hundred thousand Jews in Poland |
| 1654 |
Portuguese recapture Northern Brazil from the Dutch |
Ste. Catherine brings refugee Jews from Brazil to New Amsterdam |
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| 1655 |
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Dutch West India Company allows Jewish settlers to abide in New Netherland |
Oliver Cromwell's Whitehall Commission allows Jews to return to England |
| 1664 |
British capture New Amsterdam, rename it New York |
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| 1666 |
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Self-proclaimed messiah Shabbetai Zevi is arrested by Turkish sultan |
| 1670 |
John Locke's Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina extends religious rights to Jews |
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| 1678 |
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Jews in Rhode Island purchase land for cemetery |
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| 1681 |
William Penn receives North American land grant |
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| 1697 |
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Four Jews are made citizens of South Carolina |
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| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
