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Virginia is Founded
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Massachusetts is Founded
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New Hampshire is Founded
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The First Puritans Arrive.
They came to practice religious beliefs, but didn't want to break away from the Church of England like the pilgrims. They wanted to make the church more pure, so they were called Puritans. They built Salem, a village on Massachusetts Bay -
John Winthrop Arrives.
John Winthrop 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 govenor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Maryland is Founded
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Disagreements With Church and Government in Massachsetts
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were two people who believed the Puritan church should be separate from the colony's government. Puritan leaders voted to expel Williams from Massachusetts. Connecticut is founded -
Puritans Founded Harvard College
Harvard was the first college in the English colonies. Rhode Island is founded -
Anne Hutchinson is Forced to Leave Massachusetts
Both Williams and Hutchinson started settlementsthat joined to form the Rhode Island Colony. -
Deleware is Founded
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Toleration Act
Maryland passed the Toleration Act. This 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 Native Americans. Metacomet or King Phillip, the leader of the Wampanoag, untied many tribes to fight against the colonists. Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet were killed. -
Pennsylvania is Founded
William Penn, an English Quaker, got approval to start a colony. He nammed it Pennsylvania. He also became the owner or proprietor of Deleware. Penn wrote, The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania. It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to trial by jury. -
Middle Passage
Trading ships carrying goods and raw materials also carried enslaved people from central and western Africa. Millions of enslaved Aficans were placed on ships and forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Arica to the English colonies. -
North and South Carolina
Carolina was split into two colonies, North and South Carolina. -
Great Awakening
New religious Movement begins. It "awakened", or renewed, many people's intrest in religion. Poor people, women, and enslaved people even started taking part in religious gatherings. -
Georgia is Founded
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Fort Mose
Fort Mose was the first free African settlement in North America. Some were set free by their owners; others bought their freedom.
