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Church of England Founded
An established church in Virginia.
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Plymouth (Massachusetts)
Mayflower arrives with Pilgrims and the settlement of Plymouth is established.
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Massachusetts Founded
Massachusetts Bay Company is chartered.
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Congregational Church
Established church in Massachusetts.
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Maryland Founded
King Charles grants Lord Baltimore a charter for what will become Maryland. Baltimore intends for Maryland to become a haven for Christians.
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Providence Founding (Rhode Island)
After being banished from Massachusetts, Roger Williams establishes Providence to allow for complete relgious freedom.
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Hartford Founded (Connecticut)
Thomas Hooker, along with a group of Puritans, founded Hartford.
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New Haven Founded (Connecticut)
John Davenport founded New Haven.
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Portsmouth Founding (Rhode Island)
Anne Hutchison, also banished from Massachusetts, founded Portsmouth.
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Rhode Island Founding
Roger Williams gets a charter which joins Providence and Portsmouth into a single colony, Rhode Island.
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Act of Toleration (Maryland)
Cecil Calvert persuades the assembly to pass the Act of Toleration, which is the first law to allow religious freedom in order to protect the Catholic religion within Maryland.
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Connecticut Founded
New Haven and Hartford join together to form Connecticut.
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The Holy Experiment
William Penn is paid in a form of a grant that will become Pennsylvania. He will use this new colony to test his ideas based on his Quaker beliefs. He had three goals in mind: to establish religious freedom, enact liberal ideas within the government and get money.
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Protestant Revolt (Maryland)
The Prostestants rebel and win. The Act of Toleration is repealed and Catholics lose their right to vote.
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Delaware Founded
Penn allows three counties to have their own assembly.
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George Whitefield (Great Awakening)
George Whitefield comes to America. He preaches that God would save those who openly professed their faith in Jesus and would send those to hell that didn't.
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Jonathan Edwards (Great Awakening)
Preacher Jonathan Edwards performs his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and other sermons. He said that people needed to repent or face enternal damnation.
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College of New Jersey (Princeton) Founded
Founded by Presbyterians
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King’s College (Columbia)
Founded by Anglicans
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Rhode Island College (Brown) Founded
Founded by Baptists
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Queens College (Rutgers)
Founded by Dutch Reformed
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Dartmouth College
Founded by Congregationalists
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