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Roanoke
The Roanoke colony, which was established off the coast of present-day North Carolina, was founded in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1587 Raleigh sent people over to the colony under the command of John White. After establishing a new colony, White headed back to England. White came back three years later to find the colony completely deserted.
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Jamestown
In 1607, a group of 104 settlers, the Virginia Company, found the first English colony in America. They named the settlement Jamestown in honor of their king, King James I. The colony of Jamestown flourished under John Smith's leadership, the help of the Powhatans, and economic prosperity of tobacco.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was an assembly of representatives from Colonial Virginia. This was the first elective governing body in English North America. The first assembly was in Jamestown in 1619.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims traveled over to America because of religious conflict on a ship called the Mayflower. The ship arrived in Cape Cod Bay instead of Virginia, which was their intended location. The Pilgrims had no legal government here, so they drew up an agreement to sustain order in their new settlement (Plymouth). This was called the Mayflower Compact and it helped create their self-governing colony.
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New York
New York was one of the original 13 colonies. The Dutch settled by the Hudson River in 1624 and established the colony of New Amsterdam two years later. The English later captured this land and named it New York in 1664.
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Great Migration
The Puritans sailed to America during the Great Migration mostly due to religious persecution. They sailed over to Massachusetts, West Indies, and Chesapeake. The migration took off when John Winthrop led 800 people to New England, which led to 20,000 people following him for the next 10 years.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1630 by a group of Puritans refugees. King Charles I gave the Puritans a charter that would give them permission to start a settlement beside Massachusetts Bay. The Puritans came over to America to have the ability to practice their religion the way that they wanted to.
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Maryland
Charles I granted a charter and gave Cecilius Calvert the right over the land in upper Chesapeake Bay in 1632. The settlement was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, who was Charles I wife. Calvert sought out for Maryland to be a refuge for Roman Catholics being mistreated in England. As years went by Calvert also let Protestants into his colony.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Williams was banished and forced to leave Massachusetts in fear of persecution because of his beliefs. He established Providence, which is the first permanent white settlement in the state, from buying land from the Narragansett Indians. Williams fixed a charter for the colony that allowed the people religious freedom.
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Connecticut
Connecticut was one of the original 13 colonies and was organized as a place for Puritan nobleman. English settlers struggled to gain possession over the land from the Dutch, but would eventually settle there.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act granted religious freedom to all Christians. It was approved by the Maryland Assembly in 1649 and was designed to protect Catholic minority's legal rights. The Maryland Toleration Act was passed because the Catholics were outnumbered by the Protestants.
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Carolina
Charles II gave eight proprietors grants of land between Spanish Florida and Virginia in 1663. The colony established was named Carolina, but was later split up into North and South Carolina in 1712. Many settlers in North Carolina ran small farms, while South Carolina ran plantations.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion started between Berkeley's loyalists and Nathaniel Bacons followers. The direction of Sir William Berkley became hated by small farmers because of tobacco prices, the prices of manufactured goods, and economic problems. This was an uprising against the colonial government and the American Indians.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a haven or refuge for the Quakers. He received a charter from Charles II for the land because of debt Charles II owed to his father. Penn wanted the colony to be a place that people of different religious beliefs could live together.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trails started in 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. About 200 people were accused to be possessed by the devil and practice witchcraft, which led to 20 people being executed. The trials ended in 1693 and the colony admitted that the trials were a mistake.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an age were human reason, logic, and Deism were stressed, but as time went on not everyone shared those beliefs. Jonathan Edwards is acknowledged with launching the Great Awakening in the 1730s. Edwards started this religious revival by preaching to people's emotions so they can have a personal relationship with God. George Winfield is credited spread the news of the Great Awakening in 1738.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was a policy between the 13 colonies where laws were violated related to trade. Trade regulations that were meant to keep the 13 colonies loyal to England were rarely enforced and were avoided. Salutary neglect occurred mostly during the 17th.
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French-Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 from disagreements between Great Britain and France. This conflict started from disputes over the Ohio Valley and whether it was under the control of the British Empire or not. This war lasted until 1763 and ended with the Treaty of Paris.
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Albany Plan
A group of representatives and delegates from six Iroquois nations and the colonies met to discuss placing the North American colonies under a more unified government. This plan was proposed by Benjamin Franklin for the development of federation colonies.
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Proclamation of 1763
The British issued the Proclamation of 1763 in order to bring peace to the Indians and the frontier. The proclamation gave the British land from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains and required fur traders to receive royal permission went setting foot in the area. The proclamation was hard to enforce and settlers still traveled in the territory.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9a.asp
