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Came to practice religious beliefs, but didn't to break away from the Church of England like the Pilgrims. They wanted to make the churchmore pure, so they were called the Puritans. They built Salmen, a village on Massachusetts Bay.
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John Winthrop
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Anne Huthchinson and Roger Williams were two people who believed the Puritan church should be seperated from the colony's goverment. Puritans leaders voted to expel Williams from Massachusetts. Connecticut is founded.
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First college in the English colonies. Rhode island is founded.
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Both Williams and Hutchison started settlements that joined to form the Rhode island Colony.
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Maryland passed the Toleration Act. This act gave religious 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 Wampanoag, united many tribes to fight against the colonists. Hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans, including Metacomet were killed.
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William Penn, and 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 Goverment of Pennsylavania. It gave people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to trial a jury.
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Trading ships carrying goods and raw materials also carried enslaved people from central and western 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.
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Carolina was split into 2 colonies - North and South Carlonia.
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New religious movement begins. It "awakened", or renewed, many people's intrest in religion.
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Fort Mose was the first free African settelment in North America. Some were set free by their owner; others bought their freedom.
