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Virginia is founded under a patent for the London company and becomes the first British Colony in North America. Virginia is the first permanent English settlement.
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The pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower from England to the New World and landed in Massachusetts.
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New Hampshire was a planned colony. The land what's granted to Captain John Mason who lived in England. He sent settlers to the new territory to create a fishing colony. He died before ever seeing it.
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Puritan minister Thomas Hooker and Gov. John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay colony established River colony later called Connecticut.
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Anne Hutchinson was forced to leave Massachusetts for preaching against the Puritans. She later went on to help settle Rhode Island.
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Delaware was founded by Peter Minuit. The two main reasons for the founding of Delaware, were trade and agriculture.
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The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion,was a law mandating religious tolerance for try TrinitarianChristians.
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New York was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English colony in 1664. New Jersey was founded in 1664 for farming and trade.
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King Phillip's War marked the last major effort by the Native Americans to drive out the English settlers.
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Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore and other Catholics for religious freedom
