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A scotish settler named David Thomson started a fishing settlement called Portsmouth.
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The first group of Puritans reach North America.
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John Winthrop and a second group of Puritans arrive and settles the Massachusetts Bay Colony for Religious freedom.
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John Winthrop is elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Portsmouth is officially founded.
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Roger Williams is put on trial for saying that colonists and Native Americans should live in peace and was expelled from Massachusetts Bay.
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After being expelled, Roger Williams buys land from Native Americans and founds Providence.
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Puritans found Harvard College (Harvard University) to train ministers.
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Anee Hutchinson is put on trial for sedition and is later expelled from Massachusetts Bay.
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Thomas Hooker founds Hartford for religious and political freedom. Later in 1637, Hartford becomes part of the Colony of Connecticut. Connecticut was formed for religious and political freedom.
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The Pequot War broke out between the colonists and Pequot tribe.
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Connecticut wrote the Fundamental Orders, allowing white, land-owning, men to vote for their leaders.
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Hutchinson joins Williams and under a charter they form Rhode Island for religious and political freedom.
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Colonists and the Wamponoag fight over who owns what land. King Philip dies in the war and the colonists win.
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Portsmouth joined with other colonies to form the colony of New Hampshire. They formed New Hampshire for economic opprotunities.
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By 1700, more than 90,000 colonists were living in New England.
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By the late 1700's, 1/3 of European ships were made in New England.
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In the very late 1700's, some groups of colonists thought that slaves were being treated unfairly. They attempted to stop slavery for many years but they never suceeded.