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Roanoke
In 1587 colonist set foot on Roanoke. While they were there, they met the Natives. The colonist and Natives got along until the natives accused them of stealing. The relationship got worse. Drought, famine, and disease happened as the relationship got worse and the Natives ended up killing the colonist. Three years after finding it, nobody was there. Now, in today's age, it's known as "North Carolina". -
Jamestown
104 men and boys came to North America for settlements. Eventually, they picked up Jamestown, Virginia. They named the colony after their king, James 1. The settlement is the first one in North America. https://www.google.com/search?q=jamestown+colony&source=lmns&bih=610&biw=1366&rlz=1CADEAH_enUS1021&hl=en-US&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOtYKD9dX6AhWYQUIHHXQnBRQQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA&safe=active&ssui=on -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was an unofficial, unwritten policy that the British government was in practice of.The policy was to relax the enforcement of strict regulations and trade laws particularly. -
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses was an event that happened in 1619. What happened was that Governor George Yeardley originated laws and granted supplies in Jamestown.The council also was like a supreme court to review the county courts -
Mayflower
In American colonial history, the Mayflower is known as the ship that carried pilgrims from England to the United Stated to create the first permanent New England colony in Massachusetts. During the time to the united states, delays forced them to sail on winter seas and about 1 out of 102 people passed away on the way. -
Great Migration
From 1630 to 1643, 20,00 people from England went to sea and sailed to New Massachusetts. They changed are way of life with sports, music, and politics. Some people say, it was the path way to America's civil rights movements. This created the Plymouth Colony. -
Maryland
Maryland was a British colony before 1636 when Maryland joined the twelve other colony's in rebelling against Great Britain and became it's own state. -
Connecticut
The English arrived in 1636 when a group from Massachusetts found a colony known as Connecticut. Thomas Hooker was the founder of this colony. The people came looking for religion and freedom. The colony is known for its large product of wheat and livestock. -
Rhode island
Rhode island was an English colony until 1707 when it became a colony of Great Britain. Then, in 1776, it became it's own colony after the American revolution. Now America knows it as "Rhode Island". -
Maryland Toleration Act
Maryland Toleration Act is when, law made it illegal to blaspheme God, the Virgin Mary, the Holy Trinity, and evangelists. -
New York
When the Dutch first settled in North America, they were along the Hudson River. The colony was named New Amsterdam. Later the British named it New York. The colony played a huge part in the American Revolution. -
Bacon's rebellion
Bacon's rebellion is when, for the first time, armed colonist went against British colonies. From that, its increased African American slavery in Virginia. This all took place in North America. -
Salem witch trials
In 1692 authority's of Massachusetts interrogated a women by Sarah Good to see if they practiced witch craft. there, on that day, the famous Salem witch craft started. The trials only lasted about one year. -
Carolina
Carolina is important because of the Tuscarora war. The Tuscarora war started because the Natives were building their villages along the river bank location. The problem was the location was sought by Colonists who were looking for water transportation and fertile soil. The natives ended up winning with a killing of 900 warriors. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was when there was a religious rival that had a great impact on the English colony's. This took place where, secular rationalism was being talked about and religious passion was being introduced. -
Albany Plan
The Albany plan is, In 1754 New York, Benjamin Franklin created a plan to place British North American colonies under a centralized government. The plan failed in the process because British and American colonies rejected it. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+was+the+albany+plan+of+union&rlz=1CADEAH_enUS1021&oq=what+was+the+alban&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.5975j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on -
French-Indian War
The American Indians were fighting to keep their land and protect their cultural future. The French wanted to trade with the Natives and control that area. The British and French ended up claiming the Upper Ohio River Valley. The British ended up winning the war -
Proclamation of 1763
In 1763 Appalachian mountains was marked as a British-produced boundary at the Eastern Continental divide. The Proclamation line prohibited Anglo-American colonists on October 7th 1763. They prohibited them for settling on French acquired land. -
Pennsylvania
In 1768 Pennsylvania after many failed battles to live peacefully, many Native Americans left and migrated to the west. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony is known as the first English chartered colony to not reside in England. This act help keep free religion that would've been taken by the king.