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Nov 6, 1517
Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation
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Nov 6, 1536
John Calvin of Geneva publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
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Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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Dutch found New Netherland
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Charles I dismisses Parliament and persecutes Puritans
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Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Roger Williams convicted of heresy and founds Rhode Island colony
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Connecticut and New Haven colonies founded
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Pequot War
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Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts colony
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Connecticut's Fundamental Orders drafted
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English Civil War
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New England Confederation formed
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New Netherland conquers New Sweden
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England seizes New Netherland from Dutch, East and West Jersey colonies founded
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King Philip's War
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania colony
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Royal authority creates Dominion of New England
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Glorious Revolution overthrows Stuarts and Dominion of New England