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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony refers to two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established by governor Ralph Lane on Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Jamestown
first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the late 15th century.https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony -
Puritan Great Migration
The Puritans left England primarily due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons as well. The Great Puritan Migration was a period in the 17th century during which English puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake and the West Indies.There were two different types of Puritans at the time: separatists and non-separatists. The non-separatist Puritans wanted to remain in the church and reform it from within. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The 1620 agreement (first called the Mayflower Compact in 1793) was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England.mayflower was a ship that sailed people to america for the first time.Plymouth is a coastal town in Massachusetts, south of Boston. It is the site of the first Pilgrim settlement, founded in 1620. https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact -
New York
The New York Colony was one of the 13 original colonies in America.he New York Colony was one of the four Middle Colonies which also included the Pennsylvania Colony, the New Jersey Colony, and the Delaware Colony. The New York Colony was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, founded by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island. York.http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/new_york_colony_facts/2043/ -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
maryland
when it joined the other twelve of the 13 original colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland. Its first settlement and capital was St. Mary’s City, in the southern end of St. Mary’s County, which is a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay and is also bordered by four tidal rivers.https://thehistoryjunkie.com/maryland-colony-facts/ -
Connecticut
The founders of the Connecticut colony were Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1636, Hooker and Haynes led 100 people to settle Hartford. Under the influence of Thomas Hooker, who was a Puritan minister, the settlers passed the “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”. This document laid out the fundamental governing principals of the colony. https://www.historycentral.com/TheColonies/RI1.html -
House of Burgesses
This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America. From 1619 until 1643, elected burgesses met in unicameral session with the governor and the royally appointed governor's Council; after 1643, the burgesses met separately as the lower house of the General Assembly of Virginia. Each county sent two burgesses to the Housedid.https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/House_of_Burgesses -
Maryland toleration act
Long before the First Amendment was adopted, the assembly of the Province of Maryland passed “An Act Concerning Religion,” also called the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. The act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649 -
Carolina
English colony in North America that existed from 1663 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of South Carolina. https://m.landofthebrave.info/south-carolina-colony.htm -
Bacon's rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. His grievances against the governor stemmed from Berkeley's dismissive policy to the political challenges of its western frontier, particularly leaving Bacon out of his inner circle and refusing to allow Bacon to take part in fur trading with Native Americans.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded by William Penn and others in 1682. The Pennsylvania Colony was named by King Charles II after William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn, and the Latin word meaning woodland - Sylvania. Together Sylvania and Penn form the name Pennsylvania, which stood for Penn's Woods. http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/pennsylvania_colony_facts/2048/ -
Salem Witch Trails
Salem witch trials, in American history, a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Danvers, Massachusetts). -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. Christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel, emphasizing salvation from sins and promoting enthusiasm for Christianity. The result was a renewed dedication toward religion. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. 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.https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
french Indian war
In the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies, Virginia. The French built Fort Duquesne where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers joined the Ohio River, making it a strategically important stronghold that the British repeatedly attacked. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. The Treaty of Paris, which marked the end of the French and Indian War, granted Britain a great deal of valuable North American land. http://www.ushistory.org/us/9a.asp -
Rhode island
rhode Island was the home of the first Baptist church On May 4, 1776, it became the first state to formally declare its independence from Great Britain.On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution.
Rhode Island has the longest official name of any state. Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole, to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/salutary_neglect
