feb 18, 1603 - James I succeeds Elizabeth I

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-Believed in Divine Right

-Favored Catholics through unnecessary taxation (Many Puritans businessmen), granting favors to Catholics, and supporting "high church" forms of ceremony

-Made Protestants want to colonize

-Issued a new charter in 1606 that gave London merchants rights to colonize the south and Plymouth merchants rights to the north

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