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Roanoke
Roanoke was a deserted colony, governed by John White, in the now day state of North Carolina. White returned from being away and found his colony empty with about one hundred men missing.http://www.roanokeva.gov/ -
Jamestown
The first permanent settlement in the New World, located on the East bank of the James River. Struggled at first but then started growing tobacco and became a successful town. https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/ -
House of Burgesses
The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. The Virginia Company created this assembly to encourage more settlers to come to the colonies and to please the current settlers. https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses -
Great Migration
Large amounts of Puritans migrating from England to the new colonies, specifically Massachusetts. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Mayflower/ Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The pilgrims, headed for Jamestown, ended up landing in Cape Cod and no longer being held down by royal charters. They settled and created their own colony, built around the Mayflower Compact. This was significant because our constitution is similar to it. http://www.ushistory.org/us/3a.asp -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
A New England colony established based on the Puritan religion. A colony with strict religious rules and no separation between church and state. The colony was located in the current day Boston area. https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h572.html -
Maryland
British colony in North America, founded by Lord Baltimore. Maryland became a place where Catholics fed up with the strict English royals could go and worship. https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-the-maryland-colony-103875 -
Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams after he was banished by the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay for questioning their punishments. He established Rhode Island as a colony and a safe place from religious persecution. https://www.thoughtco.com/rhode-island-colony-103880 -
Connecticut
A Puritan colony in North America that later became a state, originally called the River Colony. https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 -
Maryland Toleration Act
A religious law passed to protect the Trinitarian Christians of Maryland. This was big step toward religious freedom and later was a part of the US Constitution. The law was used to try and regulate religious discussion. http://www.uscivilliberties.org/legislation-and-legislative-action/4106-maryland-toleration-act-1649.html -
Carolina
King Charles II gave all the land south of Virginia to eight proprietors. These men founded the Carolina Colony. Carolina grew rapidly and the colony became big enough to be split in two. It included what is now North and South Carolina. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/carolinas.htm -
New York
British colony that became a royal colony and later became a state in North America. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/new-york.htm -
Bacon's Rebellion
Armed rebellion against Virginia's governor led by Nathaniel Bacon because of political differences. https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
A North American colony founded by William Penn after being granted a royal charter from King Charles II. So it was a Royal Colony. Penn created the colony as a place for the Quakers. King Charles named the colony after William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn. http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/pennsylvania_colony_facts/2048/ -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
A time period in which the European way of thinking radically changed, moving away from religious based to reason and science. The Enlightenment inspired the French and American Revolutions. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of trials and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts by the Puritans. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-salem-witch-trials/ -
French-Indian War
A war between France and Great Britain over the territory in the New World. https://www.britannica.com/event/French-and-Indian-War -
Albany Plan
A plan to create a unified government in the thirteen colonies. The plan was never carried out but it was an important milestone. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
Proclimation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to form governments in new territories, to encourage peace after the French and Indian war, and to keep colonists along the coast so they will still keep up trade and pay taxes to European government. http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/proclamation-of-1763.html -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was an unofficial British policy enforced in the colonies that mainly affected Massachusetts. The British government was enforcing trade laws in the colonies.
