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Virginia was founded
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Massachusetts was founded
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New Hampshire is founded
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The first Puritans arrive
Came to practice religious beliefs, but didn't want to break away from the Church of England like the Pilgrams.
They wanted to make the church more pure, so they were called called the Puritans
They built Salem, a village on Massachusetts Bay -
John Withrop Arrives
-John Withrop leads 2nd group of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay colony
-Winthrop's group named their settlement Boston, after a town in England
-John Winthrop was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Maryland Is founded
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Disagreements with church and goverment in Massachusetts
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were two people who believed the Puritan church should be separate from the colonies. Puritans leaders voted to expel Williams from Massachusetts. Conneticut is founded. -
Puritans founded Harvard Collage
First college in the English colonies
Rhode Island is founded -
Anne Hutchinson is forced to leave Massachusetts
Both Williams and Hutchinson started settlements that joined to form the Rhode Island Colony -
Delaware is founded
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Toleration Act
Maryland passed the toleration act. This act gave religous freedom to all christians. -
New York and New Jersey is founded.
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Pensylvania is founded
William Penn, an English Quaker, got approval to start a colony. He named it Pennsylvania./He also became the owner or proprietor of Delaware. -
Middle Passage
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North and South Carolina were founded
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Great awakening
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Georgia is founded
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Fort Mose
