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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was the first attempt at founding a permanent English settlement in North America. It was also called the Lost colony because in 1590 when John White returned from England the whole colony was missing. The only thing left was CROATOAN carved in a tree. -
Jamestown
The First permanent English settlement in North America. Colony gave England its first oppurtunity in the European competition for the New World. -
Salutary Neglect
Refers to the 17th and 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient to England. -
House of Burgesses
The elected representative element of the General Assembly, the legislature of Virginia, which governed together with a royally-appointed colonial governor and Council of State -
Great Migration
Puritans came to America to live righteous and spiritual lives, rather than to get rich. They landed in Plimoth Plantation. -
Mayflower
Mayflower was an English ship that took the first Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. -
Plymouth
Plymouth is a coastal town in Massachusetts. The site of the first Pilgrim settlement. -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by male passengers of the Mayflower. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
One of the original English settlements. Settled in 1630 by 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and founded the first permanent white settlement in Providence in 1636. -
Maryland Toleration Act
A law mandating religious tolerance for christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony. -
New York
In 1664 British seized New Amsterdam from Dutch and named it New York. Over the next century, the population of New York grew larger and included immigrants from the Netherlands, England, France, Germany, indentured servants, African slaves. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon pushed Native Americans further west to claim more land. When Native Americans retaliated, he expected the support of the Virginia government. Instead, Berkeley sent an army to stop Bacon. In response, Bacon turned his forces on Jamestown. Bacon was a “man of the people” standing up against the government. -
Pennsylvania
One of the original 13 colonies. Founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. -
Salem Witch Trials
A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. A wave of hysteria spread through Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed, some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. -
French-Indian War
Began over the issue of if the Ohio River valley was part of the British Empire or part of the French Empire. Settlers of English extraction were in a preponderance in the coveted area, but French exploration, trade, and alliances with Native Americans. -
Albany Plan
A plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
The Proclamation of 1763
Was made on October 7, 1763, by King George III in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. -
Connecticut
One of the original 13 colonies and one of the six New England states. Connecticut is in the northeastern corner of the country. Initially an agricultural community, by the 19th century textile and machine manufacturing had become the dominant industries. -
Maryland
George Calvert applied to Charles I for a royal charter for what was to become the Province of Maryland. -
Carolina
Advertised the land as a fair and spacious province in the land of America. August 1669 three ships left with the first settlers. They founded the settlement of Charlestown.
