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US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

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* 1517 Protestant Reformation
* 1517 Protestant Reformation
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church
* 1527 Henry VIII separates from Catholic Church
* the Commonwealth & Oliver Cromwell
* 1642–1651 English Civil War
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)
* 1649 Maryland Toleration Act (religious tolerance)
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II
* 1661 "English Restoration" of Charles II
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** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance
** Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance
* English Civil War, 1642–1651 = religious conflict that spills over to colonies  
* English Civil War, 1642–1651 = religious conflict that spills over to colonies  
** Charles I executed in 1649
** the war continued until 1651 when Charles II was exiled
** "Royalists" v. "Parliamentarians"  
** "Royalists" v. "Parliamentarians"  
* 1649-1653 Oliver Cromwell & the Commonwealth of England (Protestant rule)
** the Commonwealth marked by political dissention
** only Cromwell held it together, falling apart a year after his death in 1658 and his son's unsuccessful rule
** "Restoration" of Charles II in 1660
* see also  Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648
* see also  Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648
* American colonial anti-Catholicism drives colonial identity and serves as catalyst for American Revolution following British take-over of French-Canadian Catholic provinces in Canada
* American colonial anti-Catholicism drives colonial identity and serves as catalyst for American Revolution following British take-over of French-Canadian Catholic provinces in Canada