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Roanoke
-First British settlement
-led by john white
-established in 1587
-eventually becomes part of North America
-English wanted to make money
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Jamestown
-formed by the Virginia company
-was the first permanent english settlement
-established in 1607
-was in north America on the banks on the James river
-was formed to make money
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House of Burgesses
-Formed by George Yeardly
-was a representative assembly in colonial Virgina
-1619
-Set in Jamestown then moved to Williamsburg
-was made to help govern the colonies
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Great Migration
-Pilgrams
- They were english puritains
-1620
- Massachusetts
-wanted to purify the church
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
-separatists
-mayflower was ship that sailed to cape cod
-sailed 1620
-wanted to go to Virgina but ended up in Massachusetts
-wanted religious freedom
-established Plymouth as their town
-made compact to help govern Plymouth
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New York
-was established by Duke of York
-It was one of the 13 colonies
-established in 1626
-was on the Atlantic coast
-Duke wanted to make money
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
-founded by Massachusetts Bay company
-was a self-governed colony that still abided by english rules
-made in 1630
-was in Massachusetts
-It was the most profitable colony
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Maryland
-founded by Cecil Calvert and Baron Baltimore
-was another colony
-established in 1632
-Atlantic coast of north America
-It was a safe haven for catholics fleeing Persecution
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Connecticut
-founded by Thomas Hooker
-one of the 13 colonies
-established in 1636
-was on the Atlantic coast
-wanted to make more money
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Rhode Island
-founded by separatist group who left Massachusetts bay colony
-another colony
-established in 1636
-was on Atlantic coast of north America
-they formed it because they did not agree with colonial religious beliefs of Massachusetts
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Maryland Toleration Act
-Formed by assembly of the Province of Maryland
-It was an act made for religious freedom
-established in 1649
-was made in Maryland
-It ensured religious freedom for christians
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Carolina
-Made by King Charles
-It was another colony
-Established in 1669
-It was on the Atlantic coast in America
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Bacon's Rebellion
-Led by Nathaniel bacon
-It was a rebellion against colonial governor
-Started in 1676
-Started in Virgina
-wanted the ownership of the colonial frontier and wanted to drive Native Americans off their lands
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Pennsylvania
-was founded by William Penn
-It was a dutch colony
-formed in 1681
-In the americas next to New York
-was established mainly for money and religious freedom
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Salem Witch Trials
-started by small group of girls who claimed to be possessed
-multiple men and women were hanged after being accused of witchcraft
-started in 1692
-was mainly done in Salem Village, Massachusetts
-Did it because people were worried and paranoid about about being possessed
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Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
-Started by christians leader/enlightenment thinkers
-they traveled from town to town preaching about the bible/ many scientific break throughs
-started in 1730s
-was all through out americas
-started because they wanted to renew religious beliefs/wanted to spread knowledge of science
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Albany Plan
-started by Benjamin Franklin
-was a plan to make the colonies as one government
-formed in 1754
-made in Albany, New York
-made because they no longer wanted to be under english government but wanted their own form of government
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French-indian war
-was between France and Britain
-was a war between Britain and France
-started in 1756
-was mainly between Canada and America
-started because France kept trespassing into British territory
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Proclamation of 1763
-issued by the British
-it created a line separating British colonies from Indian lands
-formed in 1763
-was made in America
-was made to make sure Indians still had land and British weren't taking it over
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Salutary Neglect
-It was enforced by the British
-taxes were not to be raised as long as colonists were loyal to Britain
-Was formed around 1775
-was formed in England
-It was meant to regulate trade laws in American colonies
britannica.com and encyclopediavirginia.org
