Settling of the 13 English Colonies Timeline
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è stato aggiornato: 9 ott 2017
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Puritans from England set up Massachusetts Bay ColonyPilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock, MassachusettsJamestown, Virginia is founded by British colonists led by John SmithThomas Hooker left Massachusetts to found ConnecticutFundamental Orders of Connecticut are writtenConnecticut becomes an official English colonyRoger Williams leaves Massachusetts to found Rhode IslandNew Hampshire becomes an official English colonyMetacom and the Wampanoags lead Native Americans against settlers in New EnglandThe Salem Witch Trials occur, killing 20 men and womenPeter Stuyvesant surrenders New Netherland to the English and the colony became New YorkNew Jersey becomes a royal colony of EnglandWilliam Penn founds the colony of PennsylvaniaDelaware organizes its own colony separate from PennsylvaniaSir George Calvert is granted land for the future colony of MarylandLord Baltimore establishes Maryland (Calvert's son)Lord Baltimore passes the Act of Toleration in MarylandNathaniel Bacon leads Bacon's Rebellion against Native AmericansEight English nobles become proprietors of the Carolinas, establishing CharlestonThe Carolinas divide into North Carolina and South CarolinaJames Oglethorpe founds GeorgiaOglethorpe and 120 colonists build the city of SavannahQuakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania become the first group of colonists to call for an end to slaveryDutch colony of New Netherland is founded (the future New York) by Peter MinuitNew Hampshire is founded by Ferdinando Gorges and John MasonDelaware is founded by Swedish settlersNew Jersey is established by John Berkeley and George CarteretWilliam and Mary sign the English Bill of RightsThe Great Awakening religious movement begins
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