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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was established in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is today's Dare County, North Carolina. It was a late 16th-century attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a English settlement in North America. The colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony
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Jamestown
King James I of England supported the founding of Jamestown it was the Virginia Company that financed the settlement and ran it.
The ships that arrived to establish the Jamestown Colony were the Discovery, the Godspeed, and the Susan Constant.
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts 13 years after Jamestown was established.
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New York
The piece of land New York was on was given to the Duke of York as payment for a debt. Naturally, the Duke named it New York. www.softschools.com › Facts › 13 Colonies Facts -
House Of Burgessess
Governor George Yeardley arrived in Virginia from England and announced that the Virginia Company had voted to abolish martial law and create a legislative assembly. It became the House of Burgesses. The First assembly was held on July 30th, 1619 in Jamestown. Only white men who owned a specific amount of property were eligible to vote for Burgesses. www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
The 1620 agreement (first called the Mayflower Compact in 1793) was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England.When the Pilgrims left England, they obtained permission from the King of England to settle on land farther to the south near the mouth of the Hudson River (in present-day New York). score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/symbols_freedom/pages/mayflower.html -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
It was an English Settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th Century around the Massachusetts bay . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony -
Maryland
Major Industries: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture . The Maryland Legislature passed an “Act for the Encouragement of an Iron Manufacture within this Province” in 1719
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Rhode Island
Major Industries: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing). Fish included cod, mackerel, herring, halibut, hake, bass and sturgeon and whales. Manufacturing (lumbering). Breweries and distilleries producing rum. New England was the coldest of the three regions, mild and short summers leading to long, cold winters but less disease than in the warmer colonies. https://www.landofthebrave.info/rhode-island-colony.htm -
Connecticut Colony***
The Connecticut Colony was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and other colonists, at Hartford.The Connecticut Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The Connecticut Colony was classified as one of the New England Colonies. https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was a period in the 17th Century, English Puritans migrated to New England, The Chesapeake and the West Indies. The Puritans left England primarily to religious persecution. And also some economic reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American) -
Maryland Toleration act.
It was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City. It was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies and created one of the pioneer statutes passed by the legislative body of an organized colonial government to guarantee any degree of religious liberty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
Carolina Colony
Original Name: The original name of the colony was the Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina.
In 1729 North Carolina becomes a royal English colony
In 1712 South Carolina becomes a separate Colony
The Colony became a state on May 23, 1788. https://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/ilessons/.../ils_nc_gr4_u3_c05_l2.pdf -
Bacon's Rebellon
Bacon's Rebellion was probably one of the most confusing yet intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. For many years, historians considered the Virginia Rebellion of 1676 to be the first stirring of revolutionary sentiment in America, which culminated in the American Revolution almost exactly one hundred years later.https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
Original Name: The original name of the colony was the Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania. Reason for Founding: Religious freedom for Quakers; trade and profits
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Salem Witch Trials
A group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the Devil. And accused several woman of witchcraft. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries.www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a cultural and intellectual movement that challenged old traditions and emphasized reason.It was started by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield also made significant contributions. It was a religious revival.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan -
French-Indian War
When the war began France controlled the Louisiana Territory and Canada.
The fighting between the French and the British began in 1754, but war was not officially declared until 1756.
The French and Natives of North America fought as allies against the British at the start of the French and Indian War.
By the time the war broke out France had gained control of most of eastern Canada.
Disputes over Ohio Territory sparked the beginning of the war. www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued on Oct.7 by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect
