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Roanoke
Roanoke was founded on an island off the eastern coast of North America by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585. Roanoke was considered the lost colony because all the settlers mysteriously disappeared. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted -
Jamestown
Jamestown was settled in 1602 as a joint stop company established a colony along the coast of Virginia. The colony got off to a very rough start-only 38 of the 150 settlers survived the first winter included the settlement being on a swamp, the gentlemen refused to work, the winter was harsh, and the Native Americans were not friendly. -
Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect began in 1607 and was a policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses started in 1619 and was the first legislature made up of elected representatives in North America established at Jamestown. Only property owners could vote to elect representatives to the House of Burgesses.
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Puritan Great Migration
The Puritan Great Migration was during the 17th century where English puritans migrated to New England due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons. During their travel the climates were very harsh and mild making it a difficult long travel. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Mayflower/ Plymouth/ Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Plymouth Colony was settled by the pilgrims in 1620. About 100 passengers set sail on the Mayflower, and after 65 days at sea, they stopped at a place known as Cape Cod. When the Mayflower Compact was established, it set the foundation for the colony's government. The Mayflower was the first self-government plan in the colonies.
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New York
New York is a middle colony settled by the Dutch in 1624. The Dutch called the area New Netherlands and New York City was called New Amsterdam.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts is a New England Colony settled by the Pilgrims and Puritans who were seeking religious freedom. The pilgrims were also known as separatists. They wanted to go to Virginia so they could create a church free of royal control, unlike the church of England. -
Maryland
Maryland was a Southern colony settled by Lord Baltimore, a catholic, in 1632. Maryland was settled as a proprietary colony (meaning the colony was the ruler). He offered 100 acres to every married couple who settled in Maryland. Protestants took advantage of his offer and his Catholic haven became mostly protestants. The Toleration Act of 1649 granted religious freedom to all the Christians living in Maryland. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was a New England Colony settled by Roger Williams and his supporters in 1635. Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking out against the government authorities punishing religious dissention and against the confiscation of Native American Land. He founded Rhode Island where there was no religious persecution of Christians.
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Connecticut
A New England Colony settled by Thomas Hooker in 1636, It was the First written constitution in North America; unlike in Massachusetts, citizenship it was based on land ownership, not religion. -
Maryland Toleration act
The Toleration Act began in 1649, granting religious freedom to all Christians living in Maryland.
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Carolina
Caroline was a southern colony settled by supporters of King Charles 2 in 1663. King Charles 2 granted 8 supporters of land in Carolina. With easy access to the trade in the West Indies, people settled in the Carolinas to grow cash crops like rice, indigo, and tobacco. By 1720, African Slaves outnumbered European settlers in the Carolina's 2:1. In 1729, Carolina became a royal colony and was split into North and South Carolina.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion started in 1676 and was the first colonial rebellion against royal control, white farmers and landholders were given more rights, but the planter class remained in power, and the law-making African hereditary slaves were passed. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was a middle colony settled by William Penn in 1682. In 1681, King Charles 2 granted William Penn a charter for the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn established the colony as a " Holy experiment." In the 1660s, Willliam Penn became a Quaker.
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Salem witch trials
Salem witch trials started in the fall of 1692. When young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused some local women of witchcraft, a wave a hysteria swept through the area. 150 people were imprisoned for witchcraft, 7 died in prison, 19 men and women were found guilty and hung and 1 person was crushed to death for refusing to testify. -
Great Awakening/ Enlightment
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union began in 1754 and planned to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Representatives from 7 of those colonies adopted this plan. It was never actually carried out, but it was the first important proposal for the colonies to be a collective whole united under 1 government.
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French- Indian War
The Seven Years’ War also known as the French and Indian War in the colonies, lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued to appease Native Americans that occurred at the end of the Frech and Indian War. It created the proclamation line, which separated the British colonies on the Atlantic coast from American Indian lands west of the Appalachian mountains.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
