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1517: Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther and John Calvin. Pilgrims want religious freedom so they leave for America.1492: Columbus arrives in America when he had been searching for India1607: Jamestown is the first enduring English settlement1612: Tobacco Production in Jamestown begins. Jamestown begins to prosper1637: Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts, settles in Connecticut1609: Starving Time, extremely difficult time for colonists in Jamestown1636: Roger Williams expelled from Massachusetts, settles in Rhode Island1676: Bacon's Rebellion occurred as a result of large wealth disparity and no representation in goernment1619: First shipment of slaves, initally arrived as indentured servants1620: Mayflower Compact shows early forms of democracy, ideas that will continue into the colonies1620: Pilgrims leave Europe in search of religious freedom and create colony at Plymouh1630: Puritans leave Europe in search of religious freedom and create a colony in Massachusetts1680: Pueblo revolt, resulted because of culture clash and one of earliest and fewest Native Americans victories against Europeans1690: English Toleration Act of 1690 said Protestans had religious freedom, eventuallyl led to the Salem Witch Trials1637: Pequot War showed extreme violence against Native Americans and shows their changing relationship with the Europeans1642: Sir William Berkeley was a governor of Jamestown appointed by the king. Eventually there is Bacon's Rebellion aginst his rule1619: First burguesses were elected. People wanted self government, not to be governed
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