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Virginia is founded
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Massachusetts is founded
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First Puritans arrive
Came to practice religious beliefs, but didn't want to break away from the Church of England like the Pilgrims.
They wanted to make a church more pure, so they were called the Puritans.
They built Salem, a village on the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
John Winthrop Arives
John Winthrop leads 2nd group of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay colony.
Winthrop's group named the settelment 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 government in Massachusetts
Anne Hutchinsons and Roger Williams were two people who believed the Puriatans church should be separated from the colony's government.
Puritan leader voted to expel Williams from Massachusetts.
Connecticut is founded -
Puritans founded Harvard College, now known as Harvard University
First college in the English Colonies.
Rhode Island is founded. -
Anne Hutchinson is forced to leave Massachusetts
Both Williams and Hutchinson started settelments that joined to form Rhode Island Colony. -
Delaware is founded
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Toleration Act
Maryland passed the Toleration Act. Thes act gave religious freedom to all Christians -
New York and New Jersey is founded
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King Phillip's War
Disagreements over land led to war between the colonists and the Native Americans.
Metacomet of King Philllip, the leader of the Wampanoag, united many tribes to fight against the colonists.
Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet/ King Phillips were killed. -
Pennsylvania is founded
William Penn, and English Quaker, got approval to start a colony. He named it Pennsylvania
He also became the owner of proprietor of Delaware.
Penn wrote the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania. It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of Religion and the right to a trial by jury. -
Middle Passage
Trading ships carrying and raw materials also carried enslaved pepole from central and western Africa.
Middle Passage- Million of enslaved Africans were placed on ships and forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the English Colonies. -
North and South Carolina
Carolina was split into 2 colonies- North and South Carolina. -
Great Awakening
New Religious movement begins.
It "awakened" of renewed, , many people's interest in religion.
Poor people, women, and enslaved people even started taking part in reliigous gatherings -
Georgia is founded
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Fort Mose
Fot Mose was the first free African settelment in North America.
Some were set free by their owners; others bought their freedom.
