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they settled in Connecticut river vally
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Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence.
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Anne Hutchinson was also banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and she settled Portsmouth.
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New Hampshire was founded by John Mason and settled by John Wheelwright and others
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Eight men received charters for the Carolinas in 1663 from King Charles II to settle lands south of Virginia. The area was called Carolina. See the Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. The main port was called Charles Town (Charleston) after the king. In 1729, North and South Carolina became separate Proprietary Colonies
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The Duke of York granted some land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley who named their colony New Jersey.
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John Mason received land in northern New England which formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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The Duke of York gained New Netherland and New Sweden which had been founded by Peter Minuit. He renamed the whole region as New York.
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1707 The Union between England and Scotland created the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain' and the term British, as opposed to English, is then used in reference to the colonists in North America.
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1707 The Union between England and Scotland created the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain' and the term British, as opposed to English, is then used in reference to the colonists in North America.
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Georgia is settled. James Oglethorpe receives a charter to create a colony between South Carolina and Florida.
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The Stamp Act and riots in the 13 Colonies
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The American Revolution ended the Colonial America Time Period also refer to Revolutionary Timeline
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A document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 Colonies
