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Roanoke
A group of settlers mysteriously disappear when their governor went back to gather more supplies. He comes back and everyone has vanished from the settlement. (https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke) -
Jamestown
This was the first settlement on US soil by the British. The leader, John Smith helped out a later food crisis by establishes hard rules that ensured the success of the settlement. later on, John Rolfe and his wife, Pocahontas began growing tobacco, which helped save Jamestown from their starvation. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony) -
Salutary Neglect
Term coined by Edmund Burke while writing an address to Britain talking about the differences between the colonies and Great Britain. This was a purposeful deficiency of enforcement by Britain and this did not help Massachusetts. (https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/) -
Great Puritan Migration
Group of Separatists take a voyage on a rental ship to the new world. They landed right off the coast of Massachusetts, and later established the settlement Plymouth.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The settlers on the Mayflower developed this contracts a way for all of the people to live a good life with boundaries. They had already lost many on the voyage over to America through the Atlantic, so they had to make the most of what they had left.
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New York
Claimed by the Duke of York, this middle colony was first settled by the Dutch in 1624. Henry Hudson first explored this territory and the Dutch claimed it later. This area was formerly known as New Netherlands and the city New Amsterdam.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
This colony was settled by Puritans in 1630 and originated as a charter colony given from King Charles I. Laws were effective from the Puritan church stand point and the people who didn't follow the rules were frowned upon. this colony became the biggest of New England and became a Royal colony in 1691.
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Connecticut
Founded by Puritan Thomas Hooker, this now established state served as a major trading post in the 1630s along the Connecticut River Valley.
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House of Burgesses
The first legislature made up of elected representatives, only people that could vote are land owners.
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Maryland Toleration Act
This document was compiled for the sake of religious freedom in the colony. This act made it a felony to judge others religious decisions and blasphemy illegal also. This document has even been called the precursor to the first amendment.
(https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649) -
Bacon's Rebellion
First colonial rebellion against royal control. White farmers and landowners were given more rights, but the planter class remained in power. Laws making African hereditary slaves were passed.
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Pennsylvania
Established by William Penn, this middle colony was first founded as a holy experiment. Landowning males were able to vote. this new colony soon became a haven for Quakers as Penn became one as well.
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Salem Witch Trials
Series of accusations made among people in the village of Salem, Massachusetts. these accusations were made of people who were supposedly witches and if they did not confess to being a witch, they died, but if they did, there was no punishment.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Religious movement that used fear to convert people back into Christianity. Johnathan Edwards preached the gospel of an angry God and that people needed to constantly ask for forgiveness.
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Albany Plan
The first written proposal to have all colonies work in unison. This was never executed to plan, this was the light to a path that showed the way to the future of America and its independence.
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French-Indian War
This war was also called "The Seven Years War." The French started expanding too far east and interfered with the colonies. The French took down a early George Washington in 1756.
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Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation stated the separation of land between the British Colonies and the Native Americans. This document made settlements available for the people of the colonies only up until the Appalachian mountains.
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Rhode Island
Settled by Roger Williams, this New England Colony was founded when he was sent away from Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was a safe haven for Christians because Williams founded this with the intention of having no religious persecution for Christians anymore.
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Carolina
King Charles II sent 8 of his supporters to settle this southern colony. this became a heavy trade stop as they had goods to provide like rice, indigo and tobacco. Since trade blew up, crops were harvested more often for money from trade rather than use of the crops by the farmers.
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