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Queen Elizabeth dies at age 69. King James becomes the new king.
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20 slaves from a Dutch ship were bought in the New World
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Puritans from England are blown off course and land in Massachusetts.
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The Pilgrims in Massachusetts are helped by the Wompanoag people, today, this is known as Thanksgiving.
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The English and Dutch have a war over commercial competition
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Elizabeth Gaunt is burned at the stake for treason
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Responding to public pressure, England's parliament passes the Habeas Corpus Act, against abusive detentions and detentions without legal authority.
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Freedom for women to involved in politics in prohibited, this is demonstrated whenever a women gets involved and is flogged for it.
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Recently banished Roger Williams makes his way to Rhode Island and establishes a colony.
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John Locke returns to England with his new Whig Liberalism ideology.