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Virginia is founded
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Massachusettes was found
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New Hampshire is founded
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The first Puritans arrive
Came to practice religious beliefs, but didn't to break away from the Church of England like the Pilgrims. They wanted to make the churchmore pure, so they were called the Puritans. They built Salmen, a village on Massachusetts Bay. -
(summer) John Winthrop arrives
John Winthrop -
Maryland is founded
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Disagreements with church and goverment in Massachusetts
Anne Huthchinson and Roger Williams were two people who believed the Puritan church should be seperated from the colony's goverment. Puritans leaders 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 Hutchison 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 religious freedom to all Christians. -
New York and New Jersey are 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, united many tribes to fight against the colonists. Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet 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 or proprietor of Delaware. Penn wrote The Frame of Goverment of Pennsylavania. It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to trial a jury. -
Middle Passage
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 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 Carlonia. -
Great Awakening
New religious movement begins. It "awakened", or renewed, many people's intrest in religion. -
Georgia is founded
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Fort Mose
Fort Mose was the first free African settelment in North America. Some were set free by their owner; others bought their freedom.
