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Erikson was a Viking who was likely the first European explorer to find the Americas. He and the Vikings created a brief settlement in the New England / Canada area.
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This treaty was between between Spain and Portugal and it divided up the land in South America that Colombus had stumbled on.
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This colony, while technically the first British colony in the New World, mysteriously disappeared.
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Named after King James I, this Virginia colony was the first permanent Briitsh settlement in the New World
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He herds the settlers into line.
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Quebec is created by Samuel de Champlain.
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He was an Englishman paid by the Dutch, and this later led to the founding of New Netherland.
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This was a democratic legislative body to lead the Virginia colony.
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This ship of 102 Puritans was meant for the colony of Jamestown, but ended up in New England. The Plymouth colony, along with the Mayflower Compact, were created here.
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20,000 English citizens migrated to the Caribbean and New England between 1620 and 1640.
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This colony around what is now Delaware and New York was created by the Dutch after the exploration of Henry Hudson. They bought what is now Manhattan and created New Amsterdam, which is now New York City. It lasted from 1623 to 1624.
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It was created by Cecil Calvert and named after King Charles' I wife. It was a haven of religious freedom, especially for Catholics.
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This colony was created in what is now Connecticut by Thomas Hooker, who traveled south from the massive Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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This unofficial colony was created by the exiled Roger Williams and provided freedom of religion and thought. Williams was removed from the Mass. Bay Colony for his dissenting views.
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This colony was created in what is now Connecticut by explorers from the Mass. Bay Colony.
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Reflecting the harsh views the Puritans had on dissenters, Hutchinson was exiled from the Mass. Colony after preaching her radical predestinarian views.
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This colony was founded on what used to be New Netherland. It lasted from 1638 to 1655.
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These set of laws written by the New Connecticut River Colony were democratic and resembled the later Constitution.
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This was a union of the Puritan colonies in Massachusetts and Connecticut and was the first step to colonial unity.
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This Maryland law made the colony a safe haven for the persecuted Catholics, as well as others seeking religious freedom.
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This code regulated the slave trade of people from Barbados to the colonies. It essentially removed all human aspects of the slaves.
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Passed by the House of Burgesses, this code regulated the interactions between slaves and their owners in Virginia.
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East and West Jersey were given to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, respectively. They were friends of the king.
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Eight proprietors were given this land by King Charles II and created a colony, naming it after him.
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Bacon's Rebellion was led by Virginian armed farmer Nathaniel Bacon. He was angry at the rule of governor William Berkeley, and his lenient policies towards Native Americans.
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The land that is now Maine was bought from Spaniard Sir Ferdinando Georges by the English. It became a part of Massachusetts.
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King Charles II gave Quaker William Penn a huge tract of land in payment for a debt he owed. Penn went on to create Pennsylvania, which was very progressive compared to the other colonies. It was a haven for the persecuted Quakers and others and treated Native Americans well.
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The Dominion was an attempt by the British to rule the New England colonies with an iron fist. It was universally hated by colonists and eventually failed in 1689 when Britain fell into political turmoil.
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This war was between English and French colonists who were fighting over the Appalachian region, which was between their territories. The English won and the war ended in 1697.
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Jacob Leisler seized southern New York and ruled it from 1689 to 1691.
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While slavery had already been growing, this allowed others to capitalize on the trade and expand it even more.
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Frenchman Antoine Cadillac creates Detroit to protect the Ohio/Illinois area from English colonists.
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East and West Jersey were both given back to the king, who then combined it and established the colony of New Jersey.
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This war was between English and French colonists who were fighting over the Appalachian region, which was between their territories. The English won, and the war ended in 1713.
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This occurred because two distinctive cultures emerged in both and the region was simply too big to be one colony.
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This religious movement emphasized the idea that pure faith in God, not good works, leads to eternal salvation. It ended around the 1740s.
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James Oglethorpe created this colony under King George II. It was a "second chance" colony for former criminals, but the real reason was to create a buffer between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas.
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This war was between English and Spanish colonists. The English won, but the war was overall part of a much bigger conflict involving most of Europe. It ended in 1748.
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This war was between the English and the English colonies and the French and their Native American allies. It was the American portion of the greater Seven Years' War.
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won by the British, but there were massive losses on both sides
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This treaty ended the French and Indian war and removed the French from North America, making England the unopposed dominant power.
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The chief of the Ottawa tribe, Pontiac, attacked English settlers who had crossed the Appalachian and settled in the Ohio region with his tribe.
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The Proclamation banned English colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian mountains, for their own safety. It was widely ignored.