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Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation
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John Calvin of Geneva publishes "Institutes of the Christian Religion"
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First Aficans to arrive in Virgina
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Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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Dutch found New Netherland
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Population of English colonies in America about 2,000
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Charles I dismisses Parliament and persecutes Puritans
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Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Roger Williams convicted of heresy and founds Rhode Island colony
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Connecticut and New Haven colonies founded
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Harvard College founded
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Pequot War
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Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Colony
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Connecticut's Fundamental Orders drafted
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English Civil War
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New England Confederation formed
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William Bradford completes of Plymouth Plantation
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New Netherland conquers New Sweden
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Half-Way Covenant for Congregational Church membership established
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England seizes New Netherland from Dutch East and West Jersey colonies founded
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Virgina assembly disfranchises landless freemen
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King Philip's War
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Bacon's Rebellion in Virgina
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Mass expansion of slavery in colonies
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William Penn founds Pennsylvania colony
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Royal authority creates Dominion of New England
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Glorious Revolution overthrows Stuarts and Dominion of New England
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Leisler's Rebellion in New York
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Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts
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Royal African Company slave trade monopoly ended
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Populations of English colonies in America about 250,000
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New York City slave revolt
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South Carolina slave revolt