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US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)
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* timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754) | * timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754) | ||
== Protestant Reformation, | == Protestant Reformation, European political and religious conflicts & impacts on American colonies == | ||
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! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | ! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | ||
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***'''Jamestown Massacre''', 1622, Indians murdered colonials | ***'''Jamestown Massacre''', 1622, Indians murdered colonials | ||
*** peace agreements by 1627-32, but English expansion westward continued, led to war in 1644, finally Treat of 1646 turned tribes into English subjects, Virginia Colony expansion | *** peace agreements by 1627-32, but English expansion westward continued, led to war in 1644, finally Treat of 1646 turned tribes into English subjects, Virginia Colony expansion | ||
==== '''House of Burgesses''', 1642-1776 ==== | |||
* local assembly/ legislature for Virginia colony, bicameral | |||
* replaced the “Council of State” which operated under the Great Charter | |||
* gained power over governors over time, representation expanded w/ colony | |||
* tension w/ British government | |||
=== Virginia "tobacco economy" === | === Virginia "tobacco economy" === | ||
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* system was used must less in New England | * system was used must less in New England | ||
=== | === Maryland === | ||
* 1634 Maryland founded | * 1634 Maryland colony founded | ||
* by Catholic George Calvert, Lord Baltimore; granted by English King Charles I | |||
* = the first proprietary colony = owned and governed by an individual | * = the first proprietary colony = owned and governed by an individual | ||
>> notes | * named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, known as "Mary" | ||
=== '''Rhode Island''' === | |||
* started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts | |||
* Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance | |||
>> notes / todo | |||
Rhode Island & religious freedom | Rhode Island & religious freedom | ||
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<nowiki>***</nowiki> after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty | <nowiki>***</nowiki> after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty | ||
=== Pennsylvania === | |||
'''Quakers''' = "Religious Society of Friends" | '''Quakers''' = "Religious Society of Friends" | ||
* Puritans who were considered extremists for their belief that the "Light of Christ" resided in every person | * Puritans who were considered extremists for their belief that the "Light of Christ" resided in every person | ||
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* many of these groups settled on farm land, thus "Pennsylvania Dutch country" | * many of these groups settled on farm land, thus "Pennsylvania Dutch country" | ||
=== Connecticut === | |||
* '''Fundamental Orders of Connecticut''', 1639 | * '''Fundamental Orders of Connecticut''', 1639 | ||
** Ii 1636, disaffected Massachusetts Puritans settled in Connecticut River valley | ** Ii 1636, disaffected Massachusetts Puritans settled in Connecticut River valley | ||
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** thus the modern “Constitution State” state motto | ** thus the modern “Constitution State” state motto | ||
=== Religious groups, movements === | |||
*'''Separatists''', 16th-17th centuries | |||
* '''Separatists''', 16th-17th centuries | |||
** Protestants who wanted independent churches from Church of England | ** Protestants who wanted independent churches from Church of England | ||
** initially illegal and persecuted but gained power under Oliver Cromwell, a separatist (1649-1660) | ** initially illegal and persecuted but gained power under Oliver Cromwell, a separatist (1649-1660) | ||