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Roanoke
founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585. The first Roanoke colonists did not fare well, suffering from dwindling food supplies and Indian attacks, and in 1586 they returned to England aboard a ship captained by Sir Francis Drake. -
Jamestown
On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. -
House Of Burgesses
The first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. -
The Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. On September 16, 1620 the Mayflower, a British ship, with 102 passengers, who called themselves Pilgrims, aboard sailed from Plymouth, England. They were bound for the New World. score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/symbols_freedom/pages/mayflower.html -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Connecticut
The first settlement by Europeans in Colonial Connecticut were made in 1633 by Dutch settlers on the site of present day Hartford. In the same year a trading post was established on the Connecticut river by settlers from the Plymouth Colony https://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-connecticut.htm -
Maryland Toleration Act
act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists). It was one of a series of measures that firmly established the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) in England.https://www.britannica.com/event/Toleration-Act-Great-Britain-1689 -
the Carolinas
South Carolina, part of the original Province of Carolina, was founded in 1663 when King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as the Lords Proprietors. At the time, the province included both North Carolina and South Carolina. North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies in 1729. mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/sccolony/ -
Bacons of Rebellion
It was led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy 29-year-old planter, in opposition to the Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley. Bacon's Rebellion was the first rebellion in the American colonies.https://www.landofthebrave.info/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was one of four Middle Colonies which also included the New York Colony, the Delaware Colony, and the New Jersey Colony. The Pennsylvania Colony was founded by William Penn and others in 1682. www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/pennsylvania_colony_facts/2048/ -
Salem Witch Trials
The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
Rhode Island Colony
The Rhode Island Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. https://www.landofthebrave.info/rhode-island-colony.htm -
The Great Awakening/ The Enlightenment
The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe. The Age of Reason, as it was called, was spreading rapidly across Europe. In the late 17th century, scientists like Isaac Newton and writers like John Locke were challenging the old order. www.ushistory.org/us/7a.asp -
french and indian war
French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, 1754–63. The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war -
Albany Plan
Albany Plan of Union, 1754. The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. ... Representatives of the colonial governments adopted the Albany Plan during a larger meeting known as the Albany Congress.https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
proclamation on 1763
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. The Royal Proclamation was initially issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory in North America after Britain won the Seven Years War.indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/royal_proclamation_1763/ -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole , to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries.https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Salutary_Neglect -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration
