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Roanoke
"The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585. The first Roanoke colonists did not fare well, suffering from dwindling food supplies and Indian attacks.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted." -
Great Migration
"The Puritans who arrived in America in 1630 were on a mission to build a "city upon a hill" as an example of what could be done in a society committed to God's laws. In the first century of settlement, however, the challenges that they encountered compromised aspects of their mission. Discuss these challenges and the Puritans' response to them." https://www.ukessays.com/essays/history/the-great-migration-of-puritans-history-essay.php -
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Salutary Neglect
"Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. The term comes from Edmund Burke's "Speech on Conciliation with America" given in the House of Commons March 22, 1775." -
Jamestown
"On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610."http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown -
House of Burgesses
"During the 1610s, the small English colony at Jamestown was essentially a failure. Fearful of losing their investment, the officers of the Virginia Company of London embarked upon a series of reforms designed to attract more people to the troubled settlement. They began by ending the company monopoly on land ownership, believing that the colonists would display greater initiative if they had an ownership position in the venture." http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1151.html -
Mayflower/Plymouth/ Mayflower compact
"The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent disagreements/differences of opinion amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier."www.history.com/topics/mayflower-compact -
Salem witch trials
People were accused of being witches for what they wore or how they acted. People weren't even given a fair trial to prove their innocence.- Learned in class. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
"Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company during the Great Puritan Migration.
The company and colony were named after the tribe of Massachusetts Indians that lived in New England. The Massachusetts Bay Company, which was strongly Puritan, had been conducting business in the New World for a few years as the New England Company." -
Maryland
"Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Originally called "Roodt Eylandt" by Adrian Block, who had explored that area for the Netherlands. The name means 'red island' due to the red clay that he found there." -
Connecticut
"The Connecticut Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The Connecticut Colony was classified as one of the New England Colonies. The Province of Connecticut was an English colony in North America that existed from 1636 until 1776." https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm -
Rhode Island
"Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Originally called "Roodt Eylandt" by Adrian Block, who had explored that area for the Netherlands. The name means 'red island' due to the red clay that he found there." -
Maryland toleration Act
"The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for TrinitarianChristians. Passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
Carolina
"In 1663, Charles II was king of England. He gave the land south of Virginia to eight proprietors. These men founded the Carolina colony. They named it after the king’s father, Charles I. This new colony included what is now both North and South Carolina.By 1660, about 1,000 English colonists lived in Carolina." -
Bacons rebellion
"Bacon's Rebellion can be attributed to a myriad of causes, all of which led to dissent in the Virginia colony. Economic problems, such as declining tobacco prices, growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas, an increasingly restricted English market, and the rising prices from English manufactured goods (mercantilism) caused problems for the Virginian. "shttps://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennslyvania
"The Pennsylvania Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies.. The Province of Pennsylvania was an English colony in North America that existed from 1682 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania." -
Great Awakening /enlightenment
"First Great Awakening. In the 1700s, a European philosophical movement, called the Enlightenment, swept America. Also called the Age of Reason, this era laid the foundation for a scientific, rather than religious, worldview."http://therevolutionisreal.weebly.com/the-first-great-awakening-religious-revival-and-american-independence.html -
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. Join or die." -
French-Idian war
"Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756."http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
"The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued in response to a revolt of Native Americans on October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America
This royal proclamation closed colonial expansion westward and was the first measure to affect all thirteen colonies. The forbade citizens and colonial governments from buying land from natives; the empire would conduct all official."relationshttps:en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
