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First permanent English colony on American mainland.
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Published his Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movement of planets around the sun.
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Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression.
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Sparked the American Civil War, which, for five years, forced the north and south into fighting for the freedom or slavery of African-Americans.
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The first settlers' constitution of government, which allowed the pilgrims to act without problems from King James.
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Plymouth provided what the pilgrims were looking for- religious freedom. Because of this early settlement, America was able to grow.
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It was founded by Massachusetts colonists led by John Winthrop
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German population about half of what it was in 1618 because of war and pestilence.
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The plague killed 75,000 people.
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They move into Mississippi and Louisiana