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Roanke
Sir Walter Raleigh was the creator of Roanoke. He went back to Spain to get supplies and came back to find no colony like it never existed.
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Jamestown
They were one of the first Spanish colonies to continue and not perish. They got help from the Powhatan in farming. They became great farmers with tobacco.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses is the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly was in the church at Jamestown.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
41 English settlers went onto the Mayflower to establish a new colony. They were not all Puritans but many brought families. They had a very rough winter, and many died, but with the help of the Indians the pilgrims were able to survive.
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New York
The New York colony was one of the first colonies. It was founded by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. It was also a main place of trade.
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Great Migration
This is when the Puritans left England to the new colonies because of religious persecutions. Many families traveled together to make a better life for themselves.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
This colony, along with New York, was one of the first original colonies. It was a Puritan colon, and they were big in trade. -
Maryland
This colony was founded 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and other colonists. Maryland was different from the other colonies because it has free religion, and was not a Puritan society. They grew tobacco and cotton.
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Connecticut
The colony was founded by Thomas Hooker. They were Puritans. They were one of the first 13 colonies.
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Rhode Island
The Rhode Island colony was founded by Roger Williams. Along with a lot of the other colonies, it was a Puritan society. Anne Hutchison also was there, but she later on left due to religious exile.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act gave more religious freedom, but it was not completely free. This was the beginning of having religious freedom throughout America. It still made people say things that they did not believe.
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Carolina
Carolina was created for trade especially in trade of slaves and sugar. Lord Clarendon, Sir William Berkley, Sir George Carteret, and four others were the ones that settled and governed the new territory.
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Bacon's Rebellion
The rebellions took place in Jamestown, Virginia. The rebellion was against two wealthy settlers, who had conflict because one man wanted to fight against the Indians, while the other did not.
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Pennsylvania
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Salem Witch Trials
The witch trials were when young girls were accused of being possessed by the devil. This caused a mass hysteria, and happened in a Puritan society.
http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was when the British enforced supervision of trade, which made many colonists mad. This started the path to the Revolutionary War.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
This spread around the British and American colonies. It was started by a Yale minister, who refused to convert to new ways.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp -
Albany Plan
The Albany plan was to include the colonists of North America more into the centralized government. In the end, the plan did not go through and the North American colonists continued to not be include in the government.
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French-Indian War
It is also known as the 7 year war, and was a struggle between France and Britain. It was 1756 to 1763. in 1763, a peace treaty was made and this helped the American colonies to strength their power.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an agreement of the British to give land to the Indians after the French-Indian War. The Indians then could do whatever they pleased to do.
http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
