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Anne Hutchinson and Rogen Willias were 2 people who believed th Puritan churh should be separate from the colony's government. Puritan leaders voted to fexpel Williams from Massachusetts. Connecticut is founded.
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Came to practice religous beliefs, didn't want to break away from the Church of England. They wanted to make the church more pure. They are called the Puritans. They built Salem Village on Massachusetts Bay.
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He leads 2nd group of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony. His group named their settlement Boston, after a town in England. He was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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First colege in the English colonies. Rhode Island is founded.
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Both Williams and Hutchinson started settlements that joined to form th Rhode Island Colony.
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Maryland passed the Toleration Act. This act gave religous freedom to all Christians.
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Disagreements over land led to war between the colonist and Native Americans. Metacomet or Kin Phillip, the leader of the Wampanoag, united many tribes to fight against the colonist. Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet were killed
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William Penn, an English Quaker, got approval to start a colony. He named it Pennsylvania. He also became the owner or proprietor of Delaware. Penn wrote The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania. It gave people freedom of speach, freedom of religion, and the right to a trial jury.
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Trading ships carrying goods and raw materials also carried enslaved people from central and western Africa. Middle Passage - Millions of enslaved Africans were placed on a ships and forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to English colonies.
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Carolina was split into two colonies - North and South Carolina.
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New religous movement begins. It "awakened", or renewed, many people's interest in religion. Poor people, women, and enslaved people even started taking part in religius gatherings.
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Fort Mose was the first free African settlement in North America. Some were set free by their owners; others bought their freedom.
