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movement from one location to another
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migration
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economic, religious, and political upheaval
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reasons for English colonization of America
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movement from one location to another
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economic, religious, and political upheaval
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he led English exploration to America in 1497
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German monk who posted the 95 Theses and started the Great Schism
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Event beginning in 1517 started by Martin Luther
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the year of religious rebellion in England when the Catholic Church refused to grant Henry VIII a divorce
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the church created by Henry VIII in 1534 in response to the refusal of the Catholic Church to grant him a divorce
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a group of people who wanted to purify the Anglican Church from its remaining Catholic elements
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a protestant king of England who refused to change the Anglican Church. Many puritans would leave as a result.
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a trade that grew in importance in England during the 1500s
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form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects
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he sent settlers to Roanoke Island in 1585 and 1587. Neither settlement was successful. The first one resulted in people returning to England. In the second one, all of the settlers disappeared and no one knows why.
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group given a charter by King James I in 1606 to start colonies
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the first settlement by the Virginia Company established by the James River with 104 men founding it
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the lawmaking body created by the Virginia Company in 1618 to be elected by settlers in the settlement.
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system in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia
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the year the first enslaved Africans were transported to the Virginia colony. Twenty African men were purchased.
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Also known as Lord Baltimore. He wanted to found a colony where Catholics could practice freely. Maryland was founded by his son in 1649
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a colony owned by an individual
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Passed in 1649, any Christian could practice faith freely. If you did not recognize the divinity of Jesus, you could be put to death
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the year Pilgrims sailed to America in order to avoid persecution
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the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on to emmigrate to America
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the place where the Pilgrims first landed, far north of their intended Virginia destination
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a written framework for government for the Pilgrims
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a Wampanoag man who assisted the Pilgrims after a plague had killed all but 50 of them. He helped them to grow corn and where to fish.
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Charles I takes the throne and increases persecution of Puritans and there is a depression that strikes the wool industry
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one of the wealthy Puritan investors in the Massachusetts Bay Company who saw an opportunity for investment in America
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as conditions worsened during the 1630s and early 1640s, an estimated 20,000 people left England and migrated to New England
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established the government and the General Court which made John Winthrop the first governor
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people who disagree with established religious beliefs
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was banished from Massachusetts, escaped south and purchased land from the Narragansett and founded Providence in 1636
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Charged with heresy and banished from the Massachusetts colony. Settled south in modern day Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1637.
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received permission from the General Court to move his congregation to the Connecticut River Valley and founded Hartford in 1636
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constitution of Hartford passed in 1639 allowing all adult males to vote
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granted territory north of Massachusetts. Southern portion becomes New Hampshire which becomes a royal colony in 1679. The northern part, Maine, will remain a part of Massachusetts until 1820
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In 1679, Plymouth Colony arresed, tried, and executed 3 Wampanoag men for murder. Set off a war with the Wampanoag. Ended in killing their leader, Metacomet, who the settlers called King Phillip
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occurred in 1642. The king was overthrown and replaced by Oliver Cromwell by choice of Parliament.
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the year the monarchy is restored in England with Charles II assuming the throne
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King Charles successfully takes New Netherlands from the Dutch and granted it to his brother, the Duke of York
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land between Delaware Bay and Connecticut River that attracted settlers through generous land grants, religious freedom, and the right to legislative assembly
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member of the Quakers (Society of Friends) was able to receive a land grant to pay off a debt of his father that was owed by the King of England
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saw no need for ministers and believed in religious toleration
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three counties south of Pennsylvania become this colony
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land granted to 8 friends of the King Charles II between Virginia and Spanish Florida
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the first settlement in Carolina
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member of Parliament who was one of 20 others who became trustees to Georgia
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debtors from England settled here and then became a royal colony in 1752
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to give or bestow upon, especially by a formal act