SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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The Pigrams
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The Separatists
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The Puritans
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The Angelicins
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Detailed explanation-1: -With some 17, 000 Puritans migrating to New England by 1636, Harvard was founded in anticipation of the need for training clergy for the new commonwealth, a “church in the wilderness". Harvard was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harvard University was officially founded by a vote by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although the line may seem antiquated in 2017, university officials and experts said it traced back to Harvard’s roots. Puritans founded the university in 1636 in part to train ministers.
Detailed explanation-4: -1600s: Our Early Origins. 1607: John Harvard, the College’s future namesake and first benefactor, was baptized at St. Saviour’s Church (now Southwark Cathedral), London. 1635: John Harvard received his M.A.