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James I becomes King of England
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Historical Events
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Jamestown, Virginia founded by the London Company
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Virginia House of Burgesses established
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Pilgrim Sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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Mayflower Compact
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Maine founded by F. Gorges
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John Winthrop founded Massachusetts Bay colony
He became the first governor in 1630 until 1649. -
Anne Hutichnson came to Boston
Preached on antinonianisn, when God communicated directly to the individual rather than through the Church elders. -
Maryland founded by Lord Baltimore
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Connecticut and Newhaven colonies were founded
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Roger Williams founded Rhode Island
The only colony to offer religious fredom -
Harvard founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Anne Hutchinson banned from Massachusetts
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Deleware founded
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Anne Hutchinson's followers founded New Hampshire
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New England Confederation was organzied by John Winthrop
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Act of Toleration in Maryland
An active religious tolerance ordered by Loprd Baltimore and it guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians. -
North Carolina was founded by the Virginians
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First Quakers from Massachusetts were arrested and banished
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Witchcraft trials at Salem Village