1517 : Protestant Reformation : Martin LUTHER, 95 Theses 1534 : Act of Suprematy by Henry VIII 1598 : Edict of Nantes by Henry IV 1620 : Plymouth, New England 1630 : The Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England 1681 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by W.Penn 1750 : French + Irish Protestants 1720 : The Great Awakening