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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
~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.
~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 governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Maryland is founded
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Disagreements with church and govenment in Massachusetts
~Annie Hutchman 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 found 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 Hutchinson started settlements that joined to form the Rhode Island Colony. -
Delaware is founded
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Tolearation 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 the Native Americans.
~Metacomet or King Phillip, the leader of the Wampanog, united many tribes to fight against the colonists.
~Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, inscluding 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." It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to a trial by 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 two colonies - North and South Carolina. -
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.
