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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 called the Puritans.
They built Salem,a village o Massachusttes Bay. -
John Winthrop leads 2nd group of Puritans to Massachusettes Bay Colony.
Winthrop`s groups named their settlement Moston, after a town in England.
John Winthrop was elected governer of the Massachuttes Bay Colony -
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First College in the English colonies
Rhode Island is founded -
Both Williams and Hutchinson started settlements that join to form the Rhode Island Colony
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Maryland passed the Toleration Act. This act gave religious freedom to all Christians.
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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 agaisnt the colonists.
Hundred of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet were killed. -
Williams Penn, an English Quaker, got approval to start a colony. He named it Pennsylvania.
He also became the owner or proprietor of Delaware. -
Trading ship carrying goods and raw materials also carried enxlaved people from central and western Africa.
Middle - Millions of enslaved Africans were placed on ships and forced to travel across the Alantic Ocean from Africa to the English colonies. -
Carolina was split into two colonnies - North and South Carolina.
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New religious movement begins. It "awakened", or renewed, many people`s interest in religion.
Poor People. women, and enslaced people even started taking part in religious gatherings. -
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Fort Mose was the first free African settlement in North America.
Some were set free by their ownersl others bought their freedom.