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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was known as the Lost Colony and was a colony of England led by Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1587, Raleigh dispatched 115 colonists who were led by John White, a friend of Raleigh who had previously led the Roanoke expedition. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was home to the Iroquois and other Native American Tribes. Most of these tribes were driven off or reduced to remnants as a result of new diseases such as smallpox that arrived long before any permanent colonists. Pennsylvania was first colonized by Swedish and Dutch settlers in the 17th century, before the English took control of the colony in 1667. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Pennsylvania -
Jamestown
In May of 1607, Virginia settlers landed on Jamestown Island to establish an English Colony. Within days of landing, the colonists were attacked by the Powhatan Indians. The Powhatans spent the next few weeks working to establish their own settlement. The Virginia Company tried to intensify the focus on making money in Jamestown, but unfortunately disease, famine, and attacks from the Powhatan Indians took a toll on the population. http://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/ -
House of Burgesses
This was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. At the first assembly held in a church in Jamestown, Governor Yeardley, council, and 22 other burgesses elected representatives. Only white men who owned a specific amount of property were eligible to vote for Burgesses.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620. The compact was drafted to prevent disagreements of opinion amongst Puritans and Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower -
Great Migration
The Puritan migration to New England was marked between 1620 and 1640. This refers to the migration in this period of English Puritans to Massachusetts. They came in family groups rather than isolated individuals and were motivated by a quest for freedom to practice their Puritan religion. Puritans embraced Calvinism and opposed the church of England. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_Migration_to_New_England_(1620-40) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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 Gov. Thomas Dudley. Puritans established a theocratic government with the franchise limited to church members. Winthrop, Dudley, the Rev. John Cotton, and other leaders sought to prevent any independence of religious views. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Maryland
Despite early competition with the colony of Virginia to its south, and the Dutch colony of New Netherland to its north, the Province of Maryland developed along very similar lines to Virginia. Its early settlements and population centers tended to cluster around the rivers and other waterways that empty into the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's economy quickly became centered on the cultivation of tobacco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Maryland -
Connecticut
Connecticut was established as a colony on March 3, 1636 as a place for Puritan nobleman. John Winthrop struggled with the Dutch for possession of the land, but the English eventually gained control and set up permanent settlement. Later on, the colony was thrown into a bloody Indian War between the English and Native Americans.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded the colony in 1636. He guaranteed religious and political freedom. Religious refugees from the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled in Rhode Island. Williams was exiled under religious persecution from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.The land was first home to the Narragansett Indians, which led to the name of the modern town of Narragansett. www.sheppardsoftware.com/usaweb/snapshot/Rhode_Island.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations -
The Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for TrinitarianChristians. The Act allowed freedom of worship for all Trinitarian Christians in Maryland, but sentenced to death anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus. It was revoked in 1654 by William Claiborne, a Puritan sympathizer, and strongly hostile to the Catholic Religion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
Carolina
The territory was declared as the Spanish Territory by Ponce de Leon. No one ever cared to visit or name it so it was just there until Native Americans had claimed it by King Charles II.In the 1660s, Charles II gave the Province of Carolina to eight of of his loyal supporters, known later as Lords Proprietors of Carolina, in return for their service to the royal cause. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carolinas -
New York
New York was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam founded in 1626. this colony was important to fur trade and eventually became an agricultural resource. The British conquered New Amsterdam in 1664 and were renamed New York after James II. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_(state) -
Salutary neglect
Salutary neglect is British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. England had no coherent imperial policy regarding specific overseas possessions and their governance, tried to form a coherent policy through the Navigation Acts but did not enforce it, and Britain began to try to enforce stricter rules and more direct management. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutary_neglect -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers from Jamestown against Governor William Berkeley. The colony eventually left Bacon out of the political challenges and refused him to be a part of his fur trade with the Indians. MAny people rose up in arms against Berkeley and ultimately torching the capital.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials were held in Massachusetts where there was a series of prosecutions and people being accused of witchcraft. The trials resulted in many executions, all but one by hanging. There were many false accusations made upon innocent people who would later be put on trial. Many of the people who were falsely accused would never admit for a crime they never committed, so they were hanged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Great Awakening refers to a number of periods of religious revival in American religious history. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority. Both improved the religious tolerance and the right for freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Awakeninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was a plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies suggested by Benjamin Franklin. More than twenty representatives had gathered to plan their defense related to the French and Indian War. It went beyond the original scope of the Congress to develop a plan to defend themselves from a possible attack by the French. The plan represented one of many early attempts to try to unify the thirteen states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan -
French-Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. The British colonists were supported at various times by the Iroquois and Cherokee, and the French colonists were supported by Wabanaki Confederacy members. The French were quickly outnumbered and the result of this war was the British won and soon came the Treaty of Paris.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued in response to a revolt of Native Americans by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. This 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 relations.
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