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Roanoke
Who: John White and 115 English Settlers
What: White sailed back to England and came back to find all 115 settlers gone with no evidence left.
When: August 1590
Known as "the lost colony"
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Jamestown
Who: John Smith
When: 1607
What: the first permanent establishment in America. Famine and native Americans destroyed their new colony within the first two years.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
The mayflower took pilgrims to North America. Not many people made it on the boat ride, or they died during the first winter. legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England. The core members of the Pilgrims' immigrant group were Separatists, members of a Puritan sect that had split from the Church of England, the only legal church in England at that time
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House of Burgesses
Who: John Smith
What: the first legislature made up of elective representatives in North America. Only property owners could vote.
When: 1619
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who: Great Puritan Migration
What: Massachusetts Bay Colony was a British settlement in Massachusetts in the 17th century. It was the most successful and profitable colony in New England
When: 1629
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Great Migration
Who: separatists, John White, John Winthrop, and William Bradford
What: established the Plymouth colonies, they left for religion due to religious persecution.
When: 1630-1642
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Maryland
Who: Cecil Calvert
What: It was one of the original 13 colonies. established for religious refuge.
When: 1632
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Connecticut
Who: Thomas Hooker
When: 1636
What: The Dutch established a trading post on the Connecticut river. If you entered as a free person, you had to be closely watched for about 2 years to see if you were really a puritan.
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Rhode Island
Who: Roger Williams
when: 1636
What: he fled and lived with the Narragansett Indians in what would become Providence Plantation. Providence, which he formed in 1636, attracted other separatists who wished to flee from colonial religious rules of which they did not agree.
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Maryland Toleration Act
Who: Trinitarian Christians
What: The act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. The law made it a crime to blaspheme God, the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary, or the early apostles and evangelists.
When: 1649
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Carolina
Who: Nathaniel Batts
What: One of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina was the first state to instruct its delegates to vote for independence from the British crown during the Continental Congress.
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Bacons Rebellion
Who: Nathaniel Bacon
What: Attacked a Native American tribe and falsely accused them of stealing corn. Bacon asked the govener to fund a war against the Natives but was turned down and kicked out. He returned with 500 men rushed into town and burnt everything down.
when: 1676
where: James town
https://www.history.com/news/bacons-rebellion-jamestown-colonial-america -
Pennsylvania
Who: William Penn
What: One of the original 13 colonies. Founded in refuge for the Qaukers.
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Salem Witch Trials
Who: a group of young girl
What: a group of young girls acted like they were possesed by the devil and accused people of witchcraft. The accused witches were then put on trial.
When: 1692
Where: Massachusetts
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Who: Jonathon Edwards
What: Used fear tactic to scare the puritans into believing. He spoke to the congregation and gave what would now be known as one of the most powerful speeches.
When: 1742
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Albany Plan
Who: represenatives from seven British native colonies
What: The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
when: 1754
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French-Indian war
Who: Indians and French
What: Known as the 7 year war. France expanded into the Ohio River which causes the conflict.
When: 1756-1763
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Proclamation of 1763
Who: The British
What: Conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. It forbade settlement on Indian territory, ordered those settlers already there to withdraw, and strictly limited future settlement.
When:1763
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Salutary Neglect
Who: Edmund Burke
What: The term salutary neglect stems from the colonial era. Even though England believed in a system of mercantilism.
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New York
Who: Henry Hudson
What: Hudson traded with the natives and claimed land for the dutch.
When : 1788
https://www.whodiscoveredit.com/who-discovered-new-york.html
