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Roanoke
What: First permanent English colony in North America
Who: Sir Walter Raleigh
Why: Settlers inexplicably disappeared
Where: Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Carolina
What: First English colony
Where: East coast of USA
Who: English settlers
Why: To form a new colony, to increase funds and power https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/North-Carolina/345511 -
Jamestown
What: First permanent English settlement
Where: Virginia
Who: London Company
Why: To permanently live in New England Important events: Starving Time, left 60 of 214 settlers alive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia -
Puritan Migration
What: Puritan Migration to New England
Who: King James I and Charles I, Puritans
Why: Religious climate being unpromising
Where: New England, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%931640) -
Mayflower Compact
What: First governing document of the colony
Where: Plymouth Colony
Who: Men aboard the Mayflower
Why: They were dissatisfied with the King's church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact -
New York
What: First Dutch colony
Where: New York area
Who: Dutch colonists
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
What: An English colony around Massachusetts
Where: Massachusetts. Where do you think it is?
Who: Massachusetts Bay Company
Why: Company's second attempt at a colony It covered much of central New England, including parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony -
Maryland
What: English Colony
Where: Northeastern Colonial USA
Who: English colonists
Why: To gather more land and produce exports https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Maryland/345495 -
Connecticut
What: A Dutch colony
Where: Northeast colonial USA
Who: Dutch Colonists
Why: To increase profits https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Connecticut/345464 -
Maryland
What: English colony
Where: Northeastern colonial USA
Who: British people
Why: To gain land for Britain -
Rhode Island
What: New England Colony
Where: Northeastern colonial USA
Who: British colonists
Why: To claim land https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Rhode-Island/345520 -
Pennsylvania
What: Swedish Colony
Where: Middle Atlantic region
Who: Swedes
Why: To start a new colony in America https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Pennsylvania/345516 -
House of Burgesses
What: A group of people that created laws
Who: Virginia Company
Why: To pass laws in early Colonial America
Where: Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses -
Bacon's Rebellion
What: Armed rebellion against Governor William Berkeley
Where: Virginia
Who: Virginia Settlers, Nathaniel Bacon
Why: Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native Americans -
Maryland Toleration Act
What: An act of Parliament granting freedom of religion to the Nonconformists
Where: England
Who: Nonconformists, English people
Why: To grant freedom of religion It demonstrated that a comprehensive church had been abandoned. https://www.britannica.com/event/Toleration-Act-Great-Britain-1689 -
Salem Witch Trials
What: A sequence of people accused of witchcraft
Where: Colonial Massachusetts
Who: People found guilty of witchcraft
Why: Witchcraft was illegal there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials -
The Great Awakening
What: American religious movement
Why: To repair religion
Where: Western Europe
Who: Puritans and English people https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening -
Albany Plan
What: A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies
Where: Albany, New York
Who: Benjamin Franklin
Why: Increased instances of disagreeing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan -
French-Indian War
What: A theater of the Seven Years' War
Where: North America
Who: British America, New France, Iroquois
Why: Great Britain declared war on France -
Proclamation of 1763
What: A proclamation, cornerstone of Native American law
Where: Britain, 13 colonies
Who: British people
Why: To remove intercolonial conflicts https://www.britannica.com/event/Proclamation-of-1763 -
Salutary Neglect
What: An unofficial British law where rules were loosely enforced on American colonies
Where: England
Who: British people
Why: To leave room for different laws in America https://study.com/learn/lesson/salutary-neglect-significance-effects.html#:~:text=of%20salutary%20neglect%3F-,Salutary%20neglect%20is%20the%20unofficial%20British%20policy%20where%20parliamentary%20rules,prosper%20and%20establish%20self%2Dgovernment.