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* timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754)
* timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754)


== Protestant Reformation, British political and religious conflicts & impact on American colonies ==
== 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


=== Colony of Maryland ===
=== Maryland ===


* 1634 Maryland founded
* 1634 Maryland colony founded
** by Catholic George Calvert, Lord Baltimore; granted by English King Charles I
* 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"
Mayflower Compact
 
=== '''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


'''Rhode Island''' was started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts
=== Pennsylvania ===
* Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance
 
'''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


* '''House of Burgesses''', 1642-1776
=== Religious groups, movements ===
** local assembly/ legislature for Virginia colony, bicameral
*'''Separatists''', 16th-17th centuries
** 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
 
* '''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)