Tag: Emigration

11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens

The violence grew to involve around 1,000 people on both sides who also broke into houses and destroyed property.

The first of the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the Plymouth Colony.

On the 19^th April 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook first caught sight of Australia.

On the 5th April 1621, the Mayflower – the boat that carried the Pilgrim fathers to America – returned to England from the settlement at Plymouth.