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Roanoke
Roanoke was established on Roanoke Island which is present day North Carolina. This English colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. The governer of the colony, John White sailed back to Spain and got caught up in a war. When he finally returned in 1590, the colony was completely missing with nothing but the word "Croatoan" carved into a wooden post. (http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke) -
Jamestown
Founded by an English joint stock company known as the London Company. First English settlement in the Americas. (https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm) -
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 laxly enforced" https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
House of Burgesses
"House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies." (http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp) -
Great Migration
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Mayflower Compact
An agreement that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived to the New World from England. (https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact) -
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Great Migration
The migration of puritans and their purpose to come to America and live righteous and spiritual lives. (http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-great-migration-of-picky-puritans-1620-40/) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
English settlement in present day Massachusetts, settled by 1,000 puritans under kind Charles I. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony) -
Maryland
One of the original 13 colonies. Founded by George Calvert and Lorde Baltimore. (https://m.landofthebrave.info/maryland-colony.htm) -
Connecticut colony
a colony of New England that was a part of the original 13 colonies, and it was founded by Thomas Hooker. (https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm) -
Rhode Island
One of the original 13 colonies. Founded by Roger Williams. (https://m.landofthebrave.info/rhode-island-colony.htm) -
Maryland Toleration Act
act of parlaiment granting freedom of worship. -
Carolina Colony
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New York Colony
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Bacon's Rebellion
Began with an argument between the Deog Indians on the Potomac river. Susquehannocks Indians began raiding the Virginian Frontier. Nathaniel Bacon demanded a commission to fight the Indians. ( https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Bacon_s_Rebellion_1676-1677) -
Pennsylvania Colony
One of the original 13 colonies founded by a Quaker named William Penn. (https://m.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm) -
Salem Witch Trials
People in the town of Salem were falsely accusing others of witch craft with little to no evidence resulting in the hanging of 20 "witches" -
The great awakening
Religious Revival. Allowed people to express their emotions more openly to have a stronger relationship with God, putting behind the puritan ways. (http://www.great-awakening.com/basic-concepts-of-the-first-great-awakening/) -
Albany Plan of Union
"..was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government." (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan) -
French-Indian War
War between British and American colonists and French and Indian allies. Ended with the treaty of Paris. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-blood-of-the-french-and-indian-war) -
Proclaimation of 1763
Royal Decree that did not allow settlers to colonize west of an imaginary line across the Appalachian mountains. (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.html)
