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Roanoke
August 1590, White returned to Roanoke, where he had left his wife and daughter, his infant granddaughter and the other settlers three long years before. He found no trace of the colony or its inhabitants, and few clues to what might have happened, apart from a single word—“Croatoan”—carved into a wooden post. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted -
Jamestown
The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts. Chartered in 1606 by King James I, the company also supported English national goals of counterbalancing the expansion of other European nations abroad, seeking a northwest passage to the Orient, and converting the Virginia Indians to the Anglican religion. https://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement/history-jamestown/ -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect, policy of the British government from the early to 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. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses, representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession, the General Assembly of Virginia. It included the governor himself and a council along with two elected burgesses from each of the colony’s 11 settlements. https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses -
Great Migration-Puritan
The Great Puritan Migration was a period in the 17th century during which English puritans migrated to New England. The Puritans left England primarily due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons as well. England was in religious turmoil in the early 17th century, the religious climate was hostile and threatening, especially towards religious nonconformists like the puritans https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Carolina
Eight proprietors founded the Carolina colony. They named it after the king’s father, Charles I. This new colony included what is now both North and South Carolina. By 1660, about 1,000 English colonists lived in Carolina. The proprietors collected taxes from them. They used this money to start a government. A governor was appointed to lead the colony. https://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/ilessons/4/ils_nc_gr4_u3_c05_l2.pdf -
Maryland
In April 1649, colonists voted into law An Act Concerning Religion, which granted freedom of worship for all Christians. Although permanently repealed in 1692, the act was one of the first statutes granting religious liberty of any kind and was an important step toward true freedom of religion in the United States. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/maryland -
Rhode Island
The colony of Rhode Island was founded between 1636 and 1642 by five separate and combative groups, most of whom had been expelled or left the Massachusetts Bay colony for disputative reasons. https://www.thoughtco.com/rhode-island-colony-103880 -
Maryland Toleration Act
Long before the First Amendment was adopted, the assembly of the Province of Maryland passed “An Act Concerning Religion,” also called the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. The act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649 -
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrim leaders wanted to quell the rebellion before it took hold. After all, establishing a New World colony would be difficult enough without dissent in the ranks.With that in mind, they set out to create a temporary set of laws for ruling themselves as per majority agreement.On November 11, 1620, 41 adult male colonists, including two indentured servants, signed the Mayflower Compact. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact -
Bacon's rebellion
During the 1670s, the administration of veteran Virginia governor Sir William Berkeley became unpopular with small farmers and frontiersmen, because of the following reasons:
Restrictions on the right to vote — the institution of a new land ownership requirement
Higher taxes
Low tobacco prices
A pervasive sense of subordination to an aristocratic minority
Lack of protection from Native American attacks. https://www.history.com/news/bacons-rebellion-jamestown-colonial-america -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded by William Penn and others in 1682. The Pennsylvania Colony was named by King Charles II after William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn. http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/pennsylvania_colony_facts/2048/ -
Salem witch trials
The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials -
Great Awakening
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. Christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel, emphasizing salvation from sins and promoting enthusiasm for Christianity. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
Albany plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
French-Indian war1754
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands. It created a boundary, known as the proclamation line, separating 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 -
Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders was the first constitution to be adopted by the American colonies in 1639. It established the structure and boundaries of the newly formed government and ensured the rights of free men to elect their public officials.During a candle-lit dispute that occurred when Sir Edmund Andros attempted to seize Connecticut’s Royal Charter by order of King James II in 1687. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/connecticut -
New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. One of the original 13 colonies, New York played a crucial political and strategic role during the American Revolution. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york
