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Roanoke
Europeans started to settle in Virginia in a colony called Roanoke led by John White. He left for a few years and came back to find nothing, giving it its tittle of the lost colony. http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm -
Jamestown
King James I granted charter for a group from London to go over seas and start a colony in the Chesapeake region of North America. it was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas led by John Smith. https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/ -
Salutary Neglect
Policy set up by the British to tightly controll trade in the colonies. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies after George Yeardley announced that the Virginia Company voted to abolish material law. http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration occurred when 1000 people migrated from England to Massachusetts bay colony on eleven shipshttp://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Migration_(Puritan). -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
The Mayflower was the boat that carried over the English from England to settle the colony of Plymouth and then they made the Mayflower Compact which made laws for the settlers. -
The Massachusetts Bay colony
Settled in 1630 by a group of Puratin refugees from England led by John Winthrop. -
Maryland
Settled by Baron Baltimore as a haven for Catholics and being granted a charter from King Charles II. https://sos.maryland.gov/mdkids/Pages/Maryland's-History.aspx -
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker led 100 settlers that rejected the rule of Puritans in Massachusetts to set up a new colony in Connecticut.https://www.historycentral.com/TheColonies/Connecticut.html -
Rhode Isalnd
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Maryland Toleration Act
Maryland’s legislature passed this act to grant religious freedom to all who believed in Christ. https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.html -
Carolina
King Charles II granted 8 supporters land. Set up to grow cash crops. From noted -
New York
New York, originally called New Netherlands, was named in honor of the Duke of York, to whom the territory was granted on its conquest from its first settlers, the Dutch. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/new-york.htm -
Bacon's rebellion
raid by the Doeg Indians on the plantation of Thomas Mathews, located in Virginia near the Potomac River. https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
King Charles granted William Penn a charter for him to establish a settlement in which he set up to be a “holy expierement”. From notes -
Salem Witch Trials
A wave of hysteria swept through Massachusetts when young girls stated showing symptoms of possession. They stated being diagnosed with bewitchment and put to death. This trend got bigger and swept through many other areas.https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials -
The Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
Both began in Europe but the awakening was prompted by emotional religiosity and the Enlightenment was promoted by finding reason once all things. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory1os2xmaster/chapter/great-awakening-and-enlightenment/ -
French-Indian War
Native Americans and the French` fought over land ownership since the beginning when the Europeans got there. it was resolved during the French Indian war also known as the seven years war fought on north American soil. The French won. -
Albany Plan
Established a centralized government to oversee the colonies and to shore up defense for the French and Indian War. The Albany Plan of Union was not a plan for independence; in fact, it still subjected the people to be under British control.https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-albany-plan-of-union-definition-summary.html -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited North American settlers from established or maintaining settlements west of an imaginary line running through the Appalachian Mountains. https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.html
