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Sep 3, 1530
King Henry VIII made England protestant
In the 1530's, Henry VIII broke his ties with the Roman Catholic Church and made himself head of the Church of England. However, many Puritans were unhappy with anything other than the complete purification of English Christianity, because they followed the doctrine of Calvinism. Even though England was no longer Catholic, it still followed many of the same Roman Catholic traditions. -
Sep 3, 1536
Calvinism
John Calvin of Geneva spelled out his basic doctrine in a learned Latin tune entitled "Institutes of the Christian religion." Calvinism was the dominant theolological credo to the New England Puritans and to other American settlers as well. God was all-powerful and humans were weak and wicked. Some souls go to Heaven which was predestined from birth. -
Sep 2, 1577
Drake circumnavigates the globe
Last name ever, firts name Greatest, Francis Drake (Yung Dreezy) carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580.
I got my eyes on you
You're a a sphere, I see
I want to sail over you endlessly
I can't get over you
On the high seas
I want your deep blue waters endlessly
Just hold on...(we're going home) -
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New Netherlands founded (modern day New York)
In 1609, the Dutch East India Company sent English explorer Henry Hudson to the Delaware Bay and New York Bay. The Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for pennies per acre and ran New Amsterdam (current day New York City) as a company town with little free speech. This Dutch colony was very aristocratic with fuedal estates on the Hudson River. -
New York founded by the Dutch circa. 1613 and by the Duke of York (1664)
Chartered in 1664 and made royal in 1685. The area of New York was originally founded by the Dutch as New Netherland. In 1664, Charles the Second granted the area to his brother, the Duke of York. The Dutch surrendered without firing a shot. The English kept many Dutch elements such as Santa Claus, waffles, bowling, and golf, and kept the artistocratic spirit. -
Plymouth founded by the Separatists
In 1608, Seperatists left England for Holland but left due to poverty, immigrating to America. Wanted to be known as Englishmen. Planned to settle with Virginia Company but missed their destination and instead chose the inhospitable, Plymouth Bay. They were squatters because they didn't have a legal right to the land. Only 44 of the 102 survived the first winter. William Bradford, a self-taught scholar, was govenor for 30 years. In 1691, Plymouth merged with the larger Masschusetts Bay Colony. -
New Hampshire founded by John Mason and Others 1623
In 1623, John Mason sent David Thomson and Edward and Thomas Hilton to establish a colony at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. John Smith later named it "North Virginia", which King James. The name "New Hampshire" came from John Mason's home English county, Hampshire. In 1641, the settlements of New Hampshire formed a coalition with Massachusetts, but in 1680 was made a royal province by the King, -
Maine founded by F. Gorges
Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason got several charters from the King and from the New Englan Company. In 1629 Mason and Gorges divided the province of Maine between them, and Mason called his part New Hampshire. When Gorges died in 1647, the rights were sold to Massachusetts, and Maine remained a part of Massachusetts until 1820. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded by the Puritans
Chartered in 1629, made royal in 1691. Non-Separatist Puritans secured a royal charter to form the Masschusetts Bay Colony. Boston became the hub of the infertile area. It started on a larger scale than any other of the English settlements. John Winthrop became govenor because he believed he had a calling from God. In 1684, its charter was revoked by the London authorities and in 1691 was made a royal colony. -
Connecticut founded by Massachusetts emigrants
Chartered in 1662, not made royal
Connecticut was first settled by Europeans on the site of the present Hartford in 1633, by a party of Dutch from New Netherlands. It was founded by Thomas Hooker in 1635 for Puritan purposes. In 1662, it was charted and combined with New Haven. -
Rhode Island founded by R. Williams
When Roger Williams was banished from the Bay Colony for challenging the legality of their charter, he went to Providence to build a Baptist church and to establish complete freedom of religion. His progressive attitudes and ideas made Rhode Island the most liberal colony.
Chartered in 1644, 1663
Rechartered in 1997 by our True Leader and Founder, C. DeVita in her infinite wisdom. -
Pequot War
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New Haven founded by Massachusetts emigrants
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Delaware founded by the Swedes
Delaware was originally Swedish and Dutch, with only three counties. It was named after Lord De La Warr. It harbored some Quakers and was associated with Pennsylvania. Though it was granted its own assembly in 1703, it remained under the govenor of Pennsylvania. -
New Jersey founded by Berkeley and Carteret
Not chartered, made royal in 1702
New Jersey was started in 1664, when two noble proprietors received an area of land from the Duke of York. Many New Englanders moved to this area of land because the soil at their previous home became infertile. It was originally West New Jersey and East New Jersey but combined in 1702 into a royal colony. -
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
Chartered in 1681, proprietary, not made royal (home of arch-DeVita as well as other DeVitas). Penn was eager to establish a colony for the Quakers as well as liberal ideas in government. He secured a grant of land from the king because the king owed debt to his deceased father. It was called Pennsylvania meaning Penn's Woodland. Penn was a great advertiser, sending out pamphlets in English, Dutch, Greek, French, and German. His liberal land policy attracted a heavy flow of immigrants. -
Royal authority creates Dominion of New England
