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The first example of self government in the colonies.
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The Dutch brought the first African slaves to Virginia.
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British citizens founded Plymouth to find religious freedom. They came over on the Mayflower. The Mayflower compact was created. It was the second form of self government in the colonies.
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The Virginia colony had become bankrupt, so King James revoked their charter and took over the Virginia colony.
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A group of Puritans gained a royal charter for the Massachusetts Bay company.
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A group of Puritans led by John Winthrop founded Boston and other nearby towns because of a civil war in England. This is often called the Great migration.
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King charles gave control of the new colony to Lord Baltimore. It would eventually become Maryland.
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Puritans founded the college to give candidates for the ministry a proper theological and scholarly education.
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New England representatives voted to create a small military to deal with problems with the Natives and runaway servants.
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Roger Williams created a government that paid Native Americans for their land and allowed Catholics, Quakers, and Jews to worship freely.
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The protestants that immigrated to Maryland adopted the Act of Toleration to grant religious freedom to all christians. It also called for the death of anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus.
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King Charles II gave his brother Duke of York, James II, the lands that would become New York.
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James II split New York into New York and New Jersey to make the colonies easier the govern.
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Nathaniel Bacon raised an army of volunteers and raided Native American villages. The Jamestown governor accused Bacon and his army of rebelling without royal authority. Bacon fought off the governors forces and burned most of Jamestown.
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King Charles II wanted to gain more control over the colonies, so he separated the Massachusetts bay colony and created New Hampshire.
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The movement made major changes in religion throughout the colonies.
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The thirteenth and final colonie was founded by britain to protect South Carolina from the threat of Spanish Florida.
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About 100 fugitive slaves from South Carolina killed 20 whites on their way to Florida. They were killed when they were captured.
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Jonathan Edwards wrote about how God was angry with the sinfulness of humans.