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Roanoke
John White was a governor of the Roanoke island colony in North Carolina. He had just returned from a supply trip and had found no trace of the 100 colonists left behind. One of them was his daughter Ellinor Dare. The only clue they had to their disappearance the word Croatoan that was carved on a tree. White and his men would go search for them and found nothing. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the representative of the colonial Virginia. It the was first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Governor George Yeardley in Jamestown. Because each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two burgesses. The original membership of the House of Burgesses was 22. It would grant supplies and originated laws. -
Great Migration
The Great Puritan Migration was a period in the 17th century where the English puritans migrated in New England. Eventually the puritans would leave New England due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons as well. The puritans were a sect of dissidents who felt the Church of England was too closely associated with the Catholic religion and needed to be reformed. -
New York
A group of settlers would first attempt to settle in New York in 1624. In 1626, Peter Minuit, was instructed to settle the ownership of Manhattan with the Indians. -
Connecticut
Connecticut is a small New England state, full of charm, beauty and several major cities. Hartford is the state capital of Connecticut. Bridgeport is the most populated city in Connecticut. Greenwich is the 12th greatest place to live in the world. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one the original English settlements of present day Massachusetts. It was first settled in 1630 by a group of a thousand Puritans. -
Bacon's rebellion
During the 1670s, the administration of veteran Virginia governor Sir William Berkeley became unpopular with small farmers because of the restriction to vote, high taxes, low tobacco prices, and more. In 1673, Nathaniel Bacon emigrated form England under murky circumstances and set up small plantation on James River. He would become very popular and would raise a small army and march into Jamestown. Unfortunately, in 1676, he would collapse and die and his movement would quickly crumble. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act gave the everyone the freedom to worship their religion. -
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials would begin in the spring of 1692 after a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil. The first convicted witch Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. By September, the hysteria would begin to abate and public opinion turned against trial. As horrible as this trial was, the legacy of the trial would be endured for centuries. -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a religious revival in the British American colonies between 1720 and the 1740s. -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place Britain North American colonies under a more centralized government. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. -
French-Indian War
The French-Indian war was an American phase of a worldwide nine year war, from 1754-1763 fought between French and Great Britain. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian war in North America. -
Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect was a policy of the British government in the mid 18th century regarding the North American colonies under trade regulations.
