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Puritanism had its origins in the English Reformation Puritans emigrated in order to create a model society Separatists founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620 1629, John Winthrop obtained a royal charter for a joint-stock company – The Massachusetts Bay Company
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1630, The Arbela lands in the New World Winthrop and the Puritans didn’t believe in Social Equality or Political Democracy Still more democratic than England Very close ties between Church & State Puritans came over in families
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Roger Williams caused a major stir in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Williams was ordered to be arrested by the General Court Anne Hutchinson posed an even greater threat than Williams Hutchinson was banished in 1638
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Conflicts arose over land use between natives and settlers 1637, Connecticut – Pequot War Colonists brutally massacred the Pequot on the Mystic River to end the war King Philip’s War erupted under Metacom in the spring of 1675 Finally food shortages, disease, and heavy casualties forced the Native Americans to surrender
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1621, Dutch Government granted Dutch West India Company permission to colonize New Netherland 1655, Dutch take over New Sweden The colony opened its doors to a variety of people Relatively friendly with Native Americans 1664, England takes control of the colony
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1660s, Quakers faced massive persecution in England William Penn saw his colony as a “holy experiment” For more than 50 years the Pennsylvania colony had no major conflicts with Native Americans Vigorously recruited immigrants from around Western Europe Principles of equality, cooperation, and religious tolerance eventually become a blueprint for the new American nation
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1632, Lord Baltimore founds Maryland 1663, King Charles II grants territories of North and South Carolina 1732, James Ogelthorpe starts Georgia as a proposed debtor’s colony By 1752, 13 British Colonies dominated the New World
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