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Spain colonizes the new world.
Spain settles the new world and dominates the native people. -
France settles Nova Scotia
French fur traders settle Parts of Canada and set up a large fur trading company -
Jamestown
Jamestown was settled by the English. -
Hudson claims New York
The Hudson River was discovered and New York was claimed for the Dutch. -
House of Burgesses
Established by the Virginia Company -
New England
established by the English -
Dutch explorer, Peter Minuit, bought Manhattan from the native.
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Maryland Established
Protestant and Catholic settlers left England for the Chesapeake -
Rhode Island
Established by Roger Williams after being exiled from Massachusetts -
England is a republic
Charles is executed and Oliver Cromwell becomes protectorate -
Bacon's Rebellion
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French Protestants settle the new world due to persecution.
France banned all non-catholics, so protestants fled to the New World -
Decree of Sanctuary
granted freedom to slaves fleeing the English colonies if they converted to Catholicism and swore an oath of loyalty to Spain.