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The Virginia Company founded Jamestown and 104 men came to North America to start a settlement -
Dutch Founded New Netherland and made it into a thriving trade center -
King James I took Virginia's colony and made it a Royal Colony, but it brought little change to the governing body -
Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts's Bay Colony because of he was found guilty of spreading "Dangerous opinions" -
Thomas Hooker had to leave Massachusetts because of his ideas that all men should be able to vote -
Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts and went to Rhode Island with 30 other families so she could spread her teachings -
The Middle Colony's introduced a Swedish settlement in New Jersey -
King Charles II gave his land to 8 of his supporters so he could regain the throne -
England took control of the Dutch Colony and Dutch accepted without a fight -
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania. He went there so he could have the freedom of his religion.