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Virginia was founded
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Massachusetts is founded
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New Hampshire is founded
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The 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 the church more pure, so they were called the Puritans.
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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 governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Maryland is founded
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Disagreements with church and government in Massachusetts and Connecticut is founded
-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 -
Puritans founded Harvard College, now known as Harvard University and Rhode Island is founded
-First college in the English colonies. -
Anne Hutchinson is forced to leave Massachusetts
-Both Williams and Hutchinson 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 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, 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, 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.
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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 Carolina and South Carolina
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Great Awakening
-New religious movement begins. It “awakened”, or renewed, many people’s interest 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.
