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Discovered an island in the Bahamas in 1492, which sparked the Columbian Exchange
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Columbus traveled from Spain to Portugal, France and England in the years 1492-1504
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The Spaniards were saw to be friendly but afterwards they became greedy and the aztec's lost their trust. (1519-1521)
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Sailed on the mayflower and the Speedwell in 1619 to get to the New World
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Discovered the Hudson River, Strait and Bay
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The colony had vanished after many tries to make it an actual colony
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Founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England
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Started a Women's club and discussed Scriptures and prayer
She was accused of heresy and she was banished by the Civil Court -
Founded Rhode Island in 1636 and
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The settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607, which was named in honor of King James the first
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Treated as slaves
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King James the first did not trust the House of Burgesses anymore and he revoked the bakrupt
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The Mayflower missed its destination and ended up at Plymouth rock.
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The Protestant reformation was too slow for them and Calvinism was taking over
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Refuge for Catholics
Supported Act of Toleration -
First war between Indians and Europeans in British North America
Destroyed Pequot tribe. There was 40 years of peace with Puritans -
Intelligent Puritan woman who challenged the doctrine of her church.
Believed in antinomianism:the saved don't need to obey the law -
A constitution established in the new Connecticut River colony.
Parts of it used later in state constitution -
During this time, the four colonies banded together to form the New England Confederation
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Founded Pennsylvania in 1681 and sought to make peace with the Indians
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Started a rebellion in 1676 which caused the poorly treated people to join and go against Governor Berkeley
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King of England who defeated King James 11
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Laws put in place to control American trade.
Used to suppress smuggling and tax the people -
Queen of England
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Previously a Dutch colony, Charles II granted the area to his brother, the Duke of York
Peter Stuyvesant surrendered -
Slowed westward march of English settlement in New England
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Rebellion of angry landless men led by Nathaniel Bacon
They killed Indians and chased William Berkeley from Jamestown -
The land was bought from the indians.
It was established for the Quakers -
Caused the monarchy to loosen colonial trade
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Was given a new charter and new royal governor after the Glorious Revolution and after getting rid of Sir Edmund Andros1691
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A group of adolescent girls claimed to have been bewitched by some older women who were hanged
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Conflict during the French and Indian Wars
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The Acts of Union: Union with Scotland 1706 and Union with England Act
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The German King
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King of Great Britain
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James Oglethorpe directed economic and political development
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religious revivals that spread throughout the colonies
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He printed the New York Weekly Journal, and pointed out William S. Cosby's horrible acts
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Slave uprising led by an Angolan
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The third of the 4 French and Indian Wars
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a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of the thirteen colonies in America: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.