1631 – English colony of Massachusetts Bay granted Puritans voting rights and John Winthrop was elected 1st governor of Massachusetts.
1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
1775 – Benedict Arnold captures British sloop and renames her Enterprise, first of many famous ships with that name.
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