- John Winthrop, an attorney, became the first governor of Massachusetts. ... New Hampshire - New Hampshire was a joint-stock company founded by John Mason, one of the largest stockholders in the Council for New England. ... - The king divided New Netherland among his family. ... John Berkeley and George Carteret received New Jersey and sold part of it, which later became Delaware. ... In exchange for the money the king owed him, Penn proposed that the king grant him a large piece of land in the New World. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Religious conflict disrupted England when King Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. ... Virginia was saved by Captain John Smith. ... He destroyed Indian towns, until a peace settlement ended the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614, sealed by a marriage between Pocahontas to colonist John Rolfe. 3. A weak peace lasted for 8 years until the Indians struck back after settlers continued to press inland. 347 settlers were killed, including John Rolfe. ... Virginia: Child of Tobacco 1. 1612- John Rolfe, husband of Pocahontas; developed the tobacco industry in Virginia and saved i...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. ... As the unrest grew in the colonies, King George sent extra troops to help control any rebellion. ... Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. ... It is said that John Hancock signed his name "with a great flourish" so "King George can read that without spectacles!." ... The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct o...

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