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Sep 24, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation -
Sep 24, 1536
John Calvin
John Calvin of Geneva publishes "Institues of the Christian Religion" -
Africans
First Africans arrive in Virginia -
Mayflower
Pilgrims saill on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay -
Dutch
New Netherland is founded by the Dutch -
Population Increase
English population in America increases to about 2,000 -
Charles I
Charles I dismisses Parliament and persecutes Puritans -
Purtians
Puriitans found Massachusetts Bay Colony -
More Colonies
Connecticut and New Haven colonies are founded -
Roger Williams
Willians is convictted of heresy and founds Rhose Island colony -
College
Harvard College is founded -
Pequot War
conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies -
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts colony -
Fundamental Order
Connecticut's Fundamental Order is drafted -
English Civil Order
English Civil War begins and end in 1648 -
New England Confederation
New England Confederation is formed -
William Bradford
William Bradford completes "Of Plymouth Plantation" -
New Sweden
New Sweden is conquered by New Netherland -
Half-Way Covenant
Half-Way Covenant is established for Congregational Church membership -
More Colonies
East and West Jersey colonies is founded -
Freemen
Virginia assembly disfranchises landless freemen -
King Philip's War
King Philip's War begins -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion happens in Virginia -
More Slavery
Mass expansion of slavery in colonies -
Pennsylvania
William Pennd found Pennsylvania -
Dominion of New England
in conjunction with New York and New Jersey, consolidated under the royal authority -- James II. Charters and self rule were revoked, and the king enforced mercantile laws- -
Glorious Revolution
overthrows Stuarts and the Dominion of New England -
Leisler's Rebellion
Starts in 1689 and end in 1691 in New York -
Withces
Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts -
More Colleges
College of William and Mary founded -
Royal African Company
Their slave monoploly ended -
Higher Population
Population of English colonies in America to about 250,000 -
New York Slave Revolt
9 whites died & 21 blacks were executed -
South Carolina Slave Revolt
more than 50 blacks tried to march along the Stono River to reach Spanish Florida but were stopped by the local militia