The New England Colonies were the settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east of North America between 1620-1640 CE. The original colonies were:
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Timeline
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1621 - 1622The pilgrims establish the Plymouth Colony with the help of Native Americans who teach them how to survive and flourish.
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1622New Hampshire Colony founded.
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1628 - 1630Establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Puritans seeking to evangelize the native population of North America.
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1636 - 1638The Pequot War; John Winthrop presides over policy concerning the massacre and enslavement of the Pequot tribe.
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1636Roger Williams establishes the colony of Providence Plantation (later known as Providence, Rhode Island).
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1636Connecticut Colony founded.
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1638Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony; founds Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
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1638New Haven Colony founded.
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1675 - 1678King Philip's War in which thousands are killed as the Native Americans try to defend their land and way of life from increasing European colonization of the Americas.
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1691Plymouth Colony is absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the latter's new charter.
