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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony refers to two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The English, led by Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1583 as the first North American English colony by royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S., and was considered permanent after a brief abandonment in 1610. It followed several failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jamestown served as the colonial capital from 1616 until 1699. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution.https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses -
Mayflower
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James I of England.https://www.mayflowercompact.org -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north.https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration -
New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River. Two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. New York is one of the original 13 colonies. And they played a crucial political and strategic role during the American Revolution. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york -
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay Colony was a British settlement in Massachusetts in the 17th century. It was the most successful and profitable colony in New England. Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company during the Great Pilgrim Migration. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a charter colony. This meant that the administration of the colony was elected by the colonists and the colony was allowed to self-govern, as long as its laws aligned with those of England. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded in 1636 and is known for how small it is. is it the smallest state and the 3rd least populated state in America. with it only being 47 miles long and 36 miles wide it has a ocean view with it being over 400 miles long. They had to settle with the natives in order to get this land and for it to become Rhode Island. -
Maryland
Early settlements and population centers tended to cluster around the rivers and other waterways that empty into Chesapeake Bay. In the 17th century, most Marylanders lived in rough conditions on small farms. While they raised a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and livestock, the main cash crop was tobacco, which soon dominated the province's economy. The Province of Maryland developed along lines very similar to those of Virginia.https://www.bing.com/search?q=maryland+founding&FORM=AWRE -
Maryland Toleration act
Long before the First Amendment was adopted, the assembly of the Province of Maryland passed “An Act Concerning Religion,” also called the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. The act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. This law appears to have been the first in America to refer specifically to “the free exercise” of religion.https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649 -
Carolina
Official Founding The Carolina Province, including what are today North and South Carolina, was finally officially founded in 1663 when King Charles II recognized the efforts of eight noblemen who helped him regain the throne in England by giving them the Province of Carolina.www.thoughtco.com/north-carolina-colony-103877 -
Bacons Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers that took place in 1676. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor William Berkeley. Starting in the 1650s, as English colonists began to settle the Northern Neck frontier, then known as Chicacoan Secocowon, some Doeg, Patawomeck and Rappahannock began moving into the region as well and joined local tribes in disputing the settlers' claims to land and resources.https://www.history.com/news/bacons-rebellion -
Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II. it is one of the original 13 colony's when after it was founded they made the declaration of independence.https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania -
Salem Witch Trial
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging. One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. Christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel, emphasizing salvation from sins and promoting enthusiasm for Christianity.https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
French-Indian war
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies. The outnumbered French particularly depended on the natives.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader (age 48) and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. More than twenty representatives of several Northern Atlantic colonies had gathered to plan their defense related to the French and Indian War.https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
Salutary Neglect
salutary neglect was the British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as British colonies remained loyal to the government of, and contributed to the economic growth of their parent country, England, in the 18th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutary_neglect -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve.www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of -
Conneticut
The U.S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in 1663. Known as the "land of steady habits" for its political, social and religious conservatism, the colony prospered from the trade and farming of its ethnic English Protestant population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Connecticut
