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Aug 19, 1580
Chesapeake Colonies
England failed to plant these colonies in 1580's due to their war with Spain, but in 1607 Jamestown was built -
Jamestown
Named in Honor of King James, it was the first English settlement in North America. -
Mayflower Voyage
William Bradford le 102 people from Plymouth to England on the Mayflower -
Massachusettes Bay Colony
Royal Charter granted a group who wanted to establish a model of reform for England Massachusettes Bay. they had the right to settle, and govern territory and native people. they also renamed it Salem. -
Great Migration
20,000 people relocated to Boston central settlement and spread out quickly. the migration lasted untill 1643. -
Roger Williams
a clergyman who believed in religious toleration, seperation of church and state, and that colonists had no right to take indian land. He came to Salem but the Puritans considered his ideas dangerous so he was banished from the Bay Colony in 1636. He immigrated with some followers and founded Providence. -
the Calverts' Proprietary Colony
King Charles II granted 10 million acres of north Chesapeake Bay to the Calverts. They built Maryland and the Calverts were sole owners and had full control over it. -
Anne Hutchinson
Critisized ministers for focusing on good works, which led people to believe they could earn their way into heaven. She was bannished and she and her followers then moved to Roger William's settlement. -
"The Bay Psalm Book"
The first American English publication happend one year after the first printing press in English colonies was built. -
King Phillip's War
When authorities at Plymouth forced Wampanoags to give up authority of their territory. The wampanoags broke their treaty with Plymouth and resisted with arms. In 1676 the wampanoags were defeated, ending organized indian resistance in New England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathanial Bacon, a wealthy backcountry settler led voilent raids and murderd indians. Virginia governor Berckly resisted, making Bacon mad. He attacked Jamestown and Berckly fled, but the rebellion suddenly stopped when bacon died -
Culpeper's rebellion
Backcountry men in the Albemarle region overthrew the proprietary government. the rebels establicshed a government before being surpressed by English authority -
William Penn
Penn was granted a territory of west Delaware River, konwn as the city of brotherly love because it was a religious haven -
Salem Witch trials
342 lNew England women accused of being witched, most were childless, widowed, assertive or independant. One year later 20 men and women were found guilty and died.
