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Roanake
Roanoke was the first official colony started in America. Hundreds of European settlers came, led by John White in hopes to start a new life within the colony. However, their supposed fate would meet a demise. White went on a three year journey back to England for supplies. Upon his return, the whole colony was nowhere to be found. With no definite answer, the lost colony still remains a mystery. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was a British Policy of strict enforcement of British laws as long as the colonies did not rebel. This was also a means to hold the colonies back and not become more powerful than Britain itself. Another term was increasing Britain’s economic power. However, this law set in place acted as a driving force towards the Revolution in America and was not dropped until 1763 once the colonies began to rebel. -
Jamestown
In the year 1607, the Virginia colony (consisting of about 100 people) founded the settlement of Jamestown. However, the first few years were not smooth sailing. Disease and Famine had the upper hand for the first two years of the struggling colony. Not to mention the rising conflict with the local Native Americas. Eventually a time of peace occurred and the Tobacco market began to grow. Unfortunately, this led to a domino affect starting with indentured servants that led to hereditary slaves. -
The House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was a representative assembly with in Virginia. It was established by George Yeardly. The assembly consisted of those who established the capital of Virginia. They then became in charge of supplies and laws amongst the colony. They also had the power to Veto, like the royals and became know as the supreme court as well. This system did not change till the American Revaluation. -
Great Migration
Within the 17th century, pilgrims from European traveled over seas to Massachusetts. The majority left England due to the growing rate of religious persecution and for struggling economic reasons as well. At the time the church was actively discriminating against the puritans, who wanted to reform the church.So, in 1620 they traveled over on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth colony. However the colony failed and they later established the new colony in Salem with out royal permission. -
The Mayflower and Pilgrims
With in the year 1620 the Pilgrims set aboard the Mayflower. after a long journey eventually arrived to The Plymouth Colony. However this was not originally where the set out to go. Originally they wanted to make their way to the Virginia Colony, however due to the harsh storms and mislocation, they decided to settle. However this meant they arrived to a Colony with no set of rules, so they Mayflower Compact was formed. This compact was the first self government plan with in the colonies. -
The Colonization New York
In 1626, the Duke of York and other colonists landed at Manhattan Island. At the time being, it was apart of the New Netherlands. It belonged to The Dutch, but was purchased by Peter Minute that year. It was then renamed after the Duke of York who gained a charter for The territory. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
the Puritans settled in the Massachusetts bay colony around 1630. They had received permission from King Charles to settle, and was led by John Winthrop. who knew the eyes of the people were upon them. The puritans mainly governed the colony through their own church beliefs, and anyone who refused was either publicly ashamed, executed, or banished. In the end, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, largely had the most impact of all the other Nee England Colonies. -
Maryland
The southern colony of Maryland was formed in 1632 by Lord Baltimore. He had convinced King Charles I to grant him 100 million acres for the persecuted Catholics. It was a propriety colony, which confirmed Baltimore as the leader of the colonies and not the royals. However over time the colony largely got taken over by the Protestants instead of the Catholics who arrived first, due to the promise of free land. However Religious Freedom was also a large aspect. -
Connecticut
Colonial Connecticut also know as The River Colony was formed in the year 1636. Founded by Thomas Hooker, it was first used for Puratain noblemen, but later became permanent. This is also where the 1st ever constitution in Nothern America occurred. However, later they started a war between the Native Americans. But soon within the next 2 years they set up Hartford, the capital with in a congress. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams had just been banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking against government authorities punishing dissention. He spoke out against the way religion was forced and the lack of diversity as well as the stealing of Native land. However the colony did not agree upon this, so Williams in hopes of religious freedom, founded the Rhode Island colony. -
Maryland Toleration Act
This was an Act of for Religious Tolerance for tyranny amongst Christians. It was also the act to allow religious tolerance amongst The New England colonies. It was passed by the Colonial Congress of Maryland at the time, which was largely a catholic colony with in the south.This planted a seed of diversity among the colonies, to the progress of full religious freedom in modern day America. -
Carolina
The southern colony of Carolina was not formed until 1663. It was settled by eight of the supporters of King Charles II. The colony had easy access to trade and was known for their cash crops. However, cash crops were extremely labor intensive and soon African slaves outnumbered the European settlers. The colony was further split in 1729, into North and South pieces. -
Bacon's rebellion
In 1667 Francis Bacon gathered a militia of lower life groups to retaliate against the Native American attacks at Virginia. The governor at the time had not taken action, which led Bacon on the path to a revolt. This led to his militia, including Bacon, burning down Jamestown entirely .Soon after that Bacon died and the rebellion died out with him. This however, eventually led to the death of those associated with him, but also led to laws making hereditary slaves. -
Pennsylvania
In 1681, King Charles gave William Penn a charter for the colony of Pennsylvania. He established this as a “Holy experiment”, and eventually it led to a large Quaker population. The Quakers ,at the time, were very criticized for the simplicity of their faith, but they established themselves within the year of 1668. -
The Great Awakening
The Great awakening, or the Enlightenment is described as the revival of religion. It was the thought process that humanity could change through rationalization. This brought in the idea of the spread of Christian worship within the colonies.This lasted till about the late 1720’s as the colonies were nearing the revolution. -
The Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, the Salem witch trials began due to A mass hysteria. 150 people were thrown into jail, because of the intense superstitions of the Government and church. When the trials finally reached their peak was when a citizen was crushed to death and the colony cane to the conclusion they had taken it too far. -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was to place the North American Colonies under a centralized government, however it never truly carried out. Although, it is still significant because it was the first government proposal in the American colonies. The original issue at hand was the relations between the Mohawk and the New York colony. As well as prior to the Albany conference, imperials wanted to keep the colonies under heavy supervision, due to the threat of revoluation. -
French-Indian War
The French Indian war, also known as the seven years war showed the long struggle between the French and the British colonies. The France expanded it's territory, however the colonies were not to keen with that. The French, who had made their way to the Ohio River territory, had set up a fort that was repeatedly attack by the British. This resulted in the french's loss and in the end they sold Canada over too the British. -
The Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation was issued by British at the time, because of the events of the French-Indian war. It gave the two groups a border. It also set in place laws for the Natives at the time. This also put in a minor amount of procreation for them, since at the time they didn’t have the defense to protect themselves.
