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Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation
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John Calvin of Geneva publishes "Institues of the Christian Religion"
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First Africans arrive in Virginia
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Pilgrims saill on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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New Netherland is founded by the Dutch
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English population in America increases to about 2,000
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Charles I dismisses Parliament and persecutes Puritans
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Puriitans found Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Connecticut and New Haven colonies are founded
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Willians is convictted of heresy and founds Rhose Island colony
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Harvard College is founded
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conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies
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Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts colony
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Connecticut's Fundamental Order is drafted
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English Civil War begins and end in 1648
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New England Confederation is formed
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William Bradford completes "Of Plymouth Plantation"
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New Sweden is conquered by New Netherland
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Half-Way Covenant is established for Congregational Church membership
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East and West Jersey colonies is founded
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Virginia assembly disfranchises landless freemen
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King Philip's War begins
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Bacon's Rebellion happens in Virginia
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Mass expansion of slavery in colonies
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William Pennd found Pennsylvania
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in conjunction with New York and New Jersey, consolidated under the royal authority -- James II. Charters and self rule were revoked, and the king enforced mercantile laws-
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overthrows Stuarts and the Dominion of New England
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Starts in 1689 and end in 1691 in New York
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Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts
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College of William and Mary founded
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Their slave monoploly ended
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Population of English colonies in America to about 250,000
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9 whites died & 21 blacks were executed
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more than 50 blacks tried to march along the Stono River to reach Spanish Florida but were stopped by the local militia