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Roanoke
Roanoke was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. The first colonists were not doing well so a ship with about 100 of them went back to England to get more supplies. Due to the war with Spain, his return was delayed and by the time he got back everyone had vanished. therefor it became known as "the lost colony of Roanoke." -
Jamestown
Jamestown was founded in 1619 by the London Company and they established the House of Burgesses. It was a very good year for crops which turned Jamestown into an exchange post where colonists could purchase luxuries. Freed Spanish slaves, Indians, and indigent English could work the land. https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significant-events-happened-virginia-1619-21439 -
House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses held its first meeting on July 30th, 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia. It was the colonies first elected legislative body. The legislative assembly had a total of 22 members. The only way you could vote is if you were a white man, 17 or older, and owned a specific amount of land.
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was when puritans migrated to New England during the 17th century. He left mostly because of religious persecution and they felt the Church of England was too closely associated with the Catholic religion and needed to be reformed.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compant
The first pilgrims traveled to Plymouth on a ship called the Mayflower. Once they reached there many of them died because of sickness so they all pretty much lived on the ship. Then after a while so many people had died there was enough houses to live on land so the Mayflower sailed back to England. The Mayflower Compact was an agreement that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England.
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Massachusetts Bat Colony
It was settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under John Winthrop. Him and other leaders sought to prevent any independence of religious views. The charter of 1691 merged the Plymouth colony and Maine into the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Maryland
In 1634 he first European settlements were made.The English arrived in great numbers and created a permanent colony. Its economy was based on tobacco, cultivated primarily by African slave labor.
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Connecticut
The Connecticut Colony was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and other colonists, at Hartford. It was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.There was no religious freedom in the areas inhabited by the Puritans.
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Rhode island
The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other colonists, such as Anne Hutchinson at Providence. It was one of the original 13 English colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
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Maryland Toleration Act
Puritans and Protestants were beginning to outnumber Catholics in Maryland. the colony passed an Act of Toleration to ensure the religious liberty of Maryland's Catholics. It granted religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God.
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New York
New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission to capture it.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york -
Bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon was a distant relative of Governor Berkeley and he was favored by the public so he was appointed to the governor’s council. Bacon became a popular hero and was elected to the House of Burgesses. When he tried to take his spot in the house he was arrested and thrown out so he raised a small army to fight against it. The governor fought back and them Bacon became ill and died and a peace treaty was signed.
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Pennsylvania
Before the English took control of the colony in 1667, Pennsylvania was first colonized by Swedish and Dutch settlers. William Penn established a colony based on religious tolerance. Pennsylvania played a central role in the American Revolution and it was the second most populous state in the country.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials began in Salem Village, Massachusetts when a group of young girls claimed to be possessed and accused others of using witchcraft. Those people were hung even though they did not commit a crime and the town broke into hysteria.
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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.
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Carolina
It was one of the original thirteen states of the United States. It became independent in March 1776 and joined the United States of America. They were mostly wealthy planters and their slaves coming from the British Caribbean colony.
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French-Indian War
It a war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. It began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. It also provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. It was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.
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Proclamation of 1763
The British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands at the end of the French and Indian War.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies. It put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience rather than the importance of church doctrine.
https://www.thoughtco.com/great-awakening-of-early-18th-century-104594
