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The Roanoke Colony
In August 1587 a group of about 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The governor of the colony, John White sailed back to England in order to get more supplies. When he came back after the naval war between England and Spain the colony was gone and no trace was left behind.
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Jamestown
The Jamestown colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was financed by the Virginia company and King James I gave them a charter. The colonists’ relations with the local tribes were mixed from the beginning. The two sides conducted business with each other, the English trading their metal tools and other goods for the Native Americans food supply.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was a Representative assembly in colonial Virginia. It was the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. There were 22 members of the House, each Virginia settlement appointing two delegates.
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Great Migration
The great migration was a period when English puritans migrated to New England, Chesapeake bay, and West Indies.The Puritans left England primarily due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons as well.
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Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.Knowing life without laws could prove catastrophic, colonist leaders created the Mayflower Compact to ensure a functioning social structure.
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New York
The New York Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. New York was an English colony until it joined the other 12 colonies in a rebellion against Great Britain. The colony of New York was founded by the Duke of York on Manhattan Island in 1626 -
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. the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England.
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Carolina
The Province of Carolina was an English and later a British colony of North America. Carolina was founded in what is modern-day North Carolina. Sir Robert Heath, attorney-general of King Charles I of England, was granted the Cape Fear region of America, incorporated as the Province of Carolina, in 1629. Charles II granted the land to the eight Lords Proprietors for their financial and political assistance in restoring him to the throne in 1660.
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Maryland
The Maryland Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Maryland Colony was founded in 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists, at Baltimore. Maryland's main economic activity came from manufacturing, ship building, and agriculture.
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Conneticut
The Connecticut Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. Connecticut was founded by Thomas Hooker and other colonists, at Hartford. The first settlement by Europeans in Connecticut was made on the site of the present Hartford in 1633, by a party of Dutch from New Netherlands. It mostly consisted of trading posts in its colonial stage.
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Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Province of Rhode Island was an English colony in North America that existed from 1636 until 1776 when it became the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He founded Rhode Island where there was no religious persecution of Christians
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Maryland Toleration Act
In the seventeenth century there was little religious freedom in England. The Protestants beginning to outnumber Catholics in Maryland, the colony's legislature passed an Act of Toleration to ensure the religious liberty of Maryland's Catholics. The Toleration Act, was passed, and granted religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God.
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Bacon's rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. There were many factors that caused the rebellion, such as economic problems, England's losses in Naval wars, and problems caused by weather. These problems encouraged the colonists to find a scapegoat against whom they could vent their frustrations and place the blame for their misfortunes.
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Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Pennsylvania Colony was classified as one of the Middle Colonies.The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn and other colonists. King Charles II of England specified in the charter given to William Penn that the name should be Pennsylvania.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. During the trials over 150 men, women, and children were accused of being witches. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials.
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The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. During the time christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel, emphasizing salvation from sins.The result was a renewed dedication toward religion. The major themes of the Great Awakening was all people are born sinners and sin without salvation will send a person to hell
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect, policy of the British from the early to mid-1800s regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced if the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain. This policy contributed involuntarily to the increasing autonomy of colonial legal and legislative institutions, which ultimately led to American independence.
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French Indian War
The French Indian War was a phase of a nine year worldwide war. This war would determine the control of the vast colonial territory of North America. The war began because of a dispute of land. The French Indian war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. France was to cede Canada to Great Britain and to relinquish all claims to the lands lying east of the Mississippi River.
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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. 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.
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Proclamation Of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763, was a proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and
Canada
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