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Roanoke
The first English Colony of Roanoke, having only 100 householders in the beginning, was founded in 1585, 37 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, under the reign of Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1584 Raleigh had been granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth I to colonize America. The first Roanoke colony only lasted 10 months http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html -
The Great Migration
When the Pilgrims arrived in Plimoth Plantation in 1620, they began the Great Migration. They came to America to live righteous and spiritual lives, instead of to get rich. And they didn’t let just anyone join their movement. http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-great-migration-of-picky-puritans-1620-40/ -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
In September of 1620 a merchant ship called the mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England. 120 of them were on the ship, hoping for a new life. about 40 of the passengers on the ship were separatists. they hoped to establish a new church.
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New york Colony
The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The New York Colony was one of the Middle Colonies. The Province of New York was an English colony in North America that existed from 1626 until 1776, when it joined the other colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of New York.
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massachuchutes bay colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritans from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Colony of Rhode Island
rhode island, only being 48 miles long and 37 miles wide, also was known as the ocean state with 400 miles of coast line. The Province of Rhode Island was an English colony in North America that was around from 1636 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Rhode Island
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colony of maryland
The Maryland Colony was known as one of the Southern Colonies. The Province of Maryland was an English colony that existed from 1633 until 1776 until it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/maryland.htm -
Colony of Connecticut
The Connecticut Colony was one of the original 13 colonies. The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas containing of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The Connecticut Colony was classified as one of the New England Colonies. http://www.usahistory.info/New-England/Connecticut.html -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America. From 1619 until 1643. After 1643, the burgesses met separately as the lower house of the General Assembly of Virginia. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/House_of_Burgesses -
Maryland Toleration Act
In the seventeenth century there was little if any religious freedom in England. The separation of church and state was unknown. In fact, the king was head of both the Church of England and the nation. Any subject of the King who did not follow Church of England beliefs or http://m.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.htmlpractices could be punished and deprived of their citizenship rights. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect, policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
colony of Carolina
The Province of North Carolina was a colony in North America that existed from 1653 until 1776, when it joined 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of North Carolina. North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/carolinas.htm -
Bacons rebellion
Bacon`s Rebellion During the 1670s, the administration of veteran Virginia governor Sir William Berkeley became unpopular with small farmers and frontiersmen, because of:
Restrictions on the right to vote — the institution of a new land ownership requirement, Higher taxes, Low tobacco prices and A pervasive sense of subordination to an aristocratic minority
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Colony of Penselveania
The Pennsylvania Colony was one of the 13 original colonies in America. These 13 colonies were divided into regions which included the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The Pennsylvania Colony was one of the four Middle Colonies which also included New York, Delaware, and New Jersey http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/pennsylvania_colony_facts/2048/ -
Salem witch trials
During the spring of 1692, the Salem witch trials began, after a group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June.
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James town
On May 14, 1607, a group of about 100 members called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610. http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Not every American ministers were swept up by the Age of Reason. In the 1730s, a religious revival swept through the British American colonies. Jonathan Edwards, the minister who refused to convert to the Church of England, became concerned that New England people were becoming way too concerned with worldly matters. http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp -
Albany plan
the Albany plan was a plan to place the the North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. even though it was never carried out, it was the first important proposal for the colonies as a whole under one government
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french-Indian war
Also known as the Seven Years’ War. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Procamation of 1763
In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation, intended to stop the Indians from by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada. http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp
