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Roanoke
Roanoke was known as the "Lost Colony" because of the disappearance of its population. It was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585, and is now Dare County, North Carolina.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was founded in 1607, by the Virginia Company of London who hoped to profit from the journey. It was the first permanent English settlement in North America, which is now located by Williamsburg, Virginia. Jamestown was founded by the English, to try and make themselves money, but they already knew that the Spanish had already taken most of their fortunes.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia. The General Assembly was established by Governor George Yeardley at Jamestown on July 30,1619. The House of Burgesses was the first governing body overseas and not in Britain. English craftsmen came to settle in North America and make the country more reasonable for its way of living was why the House of Burgesses was created.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower, Plymouth and the Mayflower Compact were all founded by William Bradford in 1620. The Mayflower Compact was founded to create laws and guidelines for the Pilgrims and Puritans to follow. Plymouth was founded to help Puritans fleeing from King James of England because of religious persecution. This is located in the northeast part of the colonies.
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New York
The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. New York is a one of the 13 colonies and is on the northeastern side of the United States. It was founded for the purchase of land was that Minuit saw it as a prospective industrial and trade set up.
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Great Migration
The Great Puritan Migration was in the 1630's-1640's and the English puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake and the West Indies. There was religious persecution with economic reasons as well, and John Winthrop led the migration. The separatists had to leave England due to their religious beliefs and to be able to worship more freely.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by a group of Puritans. It was a settlement established by the English, along the east coast of North America during the 17th century. John Winthrop founded and was in charge of the colony in 1630. He founded Massachusetts because the Puritans wanted religious freedom from England.
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Maryland
Maryland was founded in 1632, as a safe haven for English Catholics fleeing anti-Catholic persecution in Europe. The colony was founded by George Calvert in 1632. It was located on the Atlantic Coast of North America.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland in 1649, that protected Christians from fights and discrimination. Cecil Calvert, wrote the Maryland Toleration Act. It was an act concerning religion and was a law commanded religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. The Maryland Toleration Act was assembled in the Province of Maryland.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636.He was banished from the Massachusetts colony for the separation of church and Rhode Island is located in the Northeast coast. Rhode Island was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of power driven textile mills.
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Carolina
In 1663, King Charles II of England gave land south of Virginia to eight proprietors, and these men discovered the Colony. The Carolina Colony was an English and later a British Colony of North America. It was founded because the King gave eight noble proprietors a part of land that spread from the Virginia border to Florida and it reached from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific as a reward for helping to restore the throne.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676, by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon, against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The Rebellion was in result of lack of commitment among the backcountry farmers, whom took the laws into their own hands against the governments corruption and oppression in the colony of Virginia.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681. It was named by King Charles II after William Penn. Penn established a government that was based on religious freedom for the Quakers because the Quakers didn’t not believe in rules imposed by the Puritan Church. It was located on the Atlantic Coast of North America.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692, in the Salem Village, Massachusetts. There was a group of girls who claim to be possessed by the devil and accused several women with witchcraft whom lived in the village. The trials concluded of twenty people being executed, fourteen being women, and only one which was hung.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening began on July 8, 1741, by Jonathan Edwards. It was the revival of religion and the Enlightenment was all about understanding science and social structure. The Great Awakening was a decrease on people's beliefs in religion. It was located in the Colonial America, but originated in Europe.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was to created a unified government for the thirteen colonies, and it was created by Benjamin Franklin. It was created in Albany New York, on July 10,1754. The Albany Plan failed because of security and independence for Great Britain, they were also afraid they were going to loose power, territory, trading to other colonies and to the British Parliament.
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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War was in 1754 and the leader was Virginia colonist, George Washington. Washington demanded that the French immediately left their settlements in an undeclared territory, when the French refused to leave, General Washington attacked. The war was fought in mainly the northeast, on the border between the British Colonies and the French Colonies.
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Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect made Prime Minister Robert Walpole to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, like law trades imposed on the American colonies. It avoided strict enforcement of parliament laws meant to keep British Colonies obedience to England. It occurred in the colonies in 1763.
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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was founded by King George III, and was issued on October 7, 1763. It was located on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains. It was created for settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
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Connecticut
Puritan Thomas Hooker and Puritans from the Massachusetts Plymouth and Bay colonies founded Connecticut. Connecticut was one of the original thirteen colonies and ratified the US Constitution in 1788. It was founded for rich farm land and is located in New England, and Connecticut was founded on January 9th, 1788.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut
