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In the year of 1607 colonists created the colony of Jamestown. this was the first permanent settlement that the English made.
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In 1607 John Smith settled here to expand trade.
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In 1620 John Carver, William Bradford and John Withrope founded Massachusetts. These men made this colony because people wanted religous freedom.
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Also in 1620 Ferdinado Gorges and John Mason founded New Hampshire. They settled here to get profit from trade and fishing.
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Dutch settlers came to New York for expanded trade.
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In 1630 John Withrop led many settlers to the Massachusetts Bay. This colony was the third major colony after Plymouth and the New England colony. John Winthrop was Governer for 12 colonies he was also a govener for this colony.
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In about 1630 settlers started settling at plymouth.
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Maryland was founded to sell land and for relious freedom for seperatists. Cecil Calvert was the owner.
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On April 2nd 1635 many passengers boarded to ship that was heading to the New England colony. They only had a small compartment to hold passengers.
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On June 23 of 1635 the ship lauch the go to the virginia colony. Many passengers went to the "New World".
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In 1635, Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts colony because he was gulity of spreading dangerous opions. Before he was caught he fled Boston and when he was captured he was burned at the stake.
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In the year of 1636 Thomas Hooker founded the town of Hartford in Connecticut. They settled here also for religous freedom. Also for profits on farming and political freedom.
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Swedish settlers came here for expanded trade also.
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Also in 1638 John Berkley and George Cartet wanted to settle here to profit from selling land to settlers.
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These two states for made by a group of eight of Aristocrats. they were founded for profit from selling land and trade.
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In 1663 King Charles 3 created a proprietary colony called Carolina. John locke wrote a constitution for the colony that covered topics such as land divisions and social ranking.
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Two Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the mississippi river by caneo. a few years later Rene-Robert Cavelier and Sieur de La SAlle followef the mississippi river all the way to the gulf of mexico and clamed the region for france . they called it Louisiana in honor of king Louis.
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Nathanial Bacon opposed the colonial government pledge to stay out of Native American Torritory and led attcks on Native Amercians
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In 1682 William Penn aloud settlers to come to Pennsyvania because he wanted profit from selling land and religous freedom.
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Prostestant settlers outnumbered Catholics and in 1692 the Anglican Church became offical church in Maryland.
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In 1729 Carolina became 2 royal colonies North Carolina and South Carolina. Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe who received a charter for a colony where debtors and poor people could make a fresh start.
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Georgia was founded for Religous freedom, protection from the spainish and safe home for debtors.
