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-Came to practice religous beliefs, but didn't want to break away from the church of England like the pilgrims
-They wanted to make the church more pure, so they were called Puritans
-They built Salem, a villge on Massachusetts Bay -
-John Winthrop leads 2nd group of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony
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-Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were 2 people who believed the be separate from the colony's Government
-Puritan leaders vote to expel Williams from Massachusetts
-Connecticut is founded -
-First College in the english colonies
-Rhode Island is founded -
-Both Williams and Hutchison started settlements that joined to form Rhode Island Colony
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-Maryland passed the Toleration act. This act gave religous freedom to all Christians
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-Disagreements over land led to war between the colonists and Native Americans
-Metacomet or King Phillip, the leader of the Wampanog, united many tribes to fight againsts the colonists
-hundreds of colonists and Native Americans were killed, including Metacomet -
-William Penn an English Quaker, got approval to start a colony, he named it Pennsylvania
-He also became the owner or proprietor of Delaware
-Penn wrote The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania. It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to trial by jury -
-Trading ships carrying goods and raw materials also carried enslaved people from central and west Africa
Middle Passage-Millions of enslaved Africans were placed on ships and forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the English Colonies -
-Carolina was split into 2 colonies - North and South Carolina
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-New religous movement begins. It "awakened or renewed many peoples interest in religion
-Poor people, women, and enslaved people even started taking part in religous gatherings -
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-Fort Mose was the first free African settlement in North America
-Some were set free by their owners, some bought their freedom
