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Joint-Stock companies who were trying to settle the east coast
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The Plymouth company sent 100 men to establish a colony in Maine. They failed within a year and the Plymouth company never made another attempt at colonization.
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The first settlers from the London company arrive at Camp Henry
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Jamestown is established
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The French establish Quebec as a city
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The London company acquires the land grant of the Plymouth Company
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The Spanish Establish Santa Fe
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John Rolfe plants tobacco in Virginia
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Women arrived, the first African Slaves arrived, and the House of Burgesses was founded.
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The Dutch were the first to bring African slaves to the New World. They were primarily treated as indentured servants at this point.
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100 Pilgrims start off towards the new world, but land in the winter. This kills half the remaining settlers.
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The remaining pilgrims moved ashore permanently and established Plymouth
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A group of Native Americans launched a surprise attack on the English killing 1/4 of the colonists
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The first settlement of Holland, New Amsterdam, is established
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The King terminates Virginia's charter making it a Royal Colony
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Established as a Roman Catholic society who bought their land from the Native Americans
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Founded by Thomas Hooker after a disagreement between him and the Massachusetts Bay Colony's leaders
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Families moved to the colony, establishing it as a permanent residence for people. It profits from Timber, Fish, and Tobacco. The city also made a lot of money from the people with Brothels and Taverns.
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100 liberties that Puritans should obey as laws
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The Puritans rebelled against and defeated King Charles 1, so the beheaded him.
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He finds New Amsterdam in chaos, so e helps fix it. He takes charge and the city grows even more.
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Real laws and liberties are formed
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Meant to end Dutch trade in New England, but it isn't enforced until the French and Indian war
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Tries to limit trade in English territories to just be between English territories
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Forced all European goods to pass through England before going anywhere else (not enforced until French & Indian war)
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The colony was founded and had a widely unaccepted constitution and ran almost everything through slavery
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The land of New Netherlands was claimed by the Duke of York who then gave part of the land (New Jersey) to Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley
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A quick war with the Native Americans that was caused by colonist's want for land and trade differences
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Trade between colonies has a tax on it (Not enforced until French & Indian war)
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Nathaniel Bacon and his small militia indiscriminately attacked the Native Americans and burned Jamestown before dying of dysentery the next year.
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It was founded as it's own colony, but became a part of Massachusetts until Charles II separated the two and made New Hamshire a royal colony.
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Quakers settled Pennsylvania and immagined as a Utopia
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Becomes a royal colony through the Charter of liberty and privileges
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James Scott launched a failed attempt to claim the throne from King James II. All of Scott's followers were either killed, imprisoned, or set to the New World.
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A bloodless coup that successfully overthrew the king, and then established the English bill of rights.
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Established courts within the colonies to help enforce all of their past acts. However, the courts being in the colonies made it so they didn't help England at all