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Martin declared that the church was over powered.
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Request to settle in Virginia granted
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105 colonist arrive in Virginia Jamestown.
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1608 immigrants came to Netherlands
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Dutch finds New Netherlands as a trading post with Iroqouis.
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Mayflower leaves England with over 100 men,women, and children.
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41 men signed a legal law.
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Mayflower lands in Plymouth Rock known as Massechucets today.
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John Harvard and other General Court members found Harvard College.
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General Court Issues an order thats says that a school has to be founded for every town with over 50 families.
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King Charles II grants land between Florida and Virginia to 8 supporters
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English fleet captures New Amsterdam which is renamed New York.
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Tensions arose and war began
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King Charles II Grants Penn Charter to begin a colony west of New Jersey.
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Reduced power of monarch
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Spread ideas that reason and logic could improve society
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This law made the king subject to law.
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A religious movement that went through the colonies
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Carolina seperates to two new states; North Carolina, South Carolina
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King grants trustees to found Georgia.
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Oglethorpe and 120 colonist found city of Savannah in Georgia.
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Benjamin Franklin Shows that Electricity Exsist with a kite.
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George Washington surrenders to french and leads to war.
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Colonist refused to buy goods from british
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Stamp act of 1765 this act required colonist to pay for official stamp seals.
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Act allowed British to sell tea to colonist directly.
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Colonist disguised as indians dump tea in Boston Harbour.
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Continental Congress Approved Declaration of Indipendance.
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Thomas Jeffreson Main Author writes Declaration of Indipendance
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Washingopn retreats to New Jersey
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Ice clogged.
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Cornwalls sends a drummer with a white flag in sign of surrender,
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Great Britan Recognizes U.S. indipendance.
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This established the NorthWest Territory.
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Became firt president
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Andrew Johnson 1st President to be Impeachded
