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Roanoke
The leader of the Roanoke Colony went to England for supplies but upon his return he found that his colony and all the people in it were missing. In the side of a tree nearby the word CROATAN from the Croatan Indians. Did they go and live with Indians? Were they killed by the Indians? Who knows.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first English permanent settlement in the new world. It had good relations with the Indians but it almost perished due to the very harsh winter that no one was prepared for. The colony was brought back from demise when an important cash crop Tobacco was grown and sold around the globe.
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Salutary Neglect
This was an unofficial policy of the British government in Massachusetts under which trade regulations were lenient and supervision of colonials was loose
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House of Burgesses
The first Colonial Government established in Jamestown that controls possession and created laws to be passed
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The boat the first English settlers arrived on/Plymouth was the settlement made in Massachusetts/This was the first self government plan in the new world
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New York
New York was originally named New Amsterdam by the Dutch who settled there. But shortly after the British wanted that area to they could have the coast of America for their own. Three naval battles led by the Duke of York were fought and won in favor of the crown. With the territory being renamed to New York
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was made of 1,000 Puritans and was settled as a Charter Colony from King Charles II. The leader was John Whinthrop and in 1680 it became a royal colony
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The Great Migration
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Maryland
Lord Baltimore who was catholic settled this area as a safe haven for all persecuted Catholics. Maryland was a proprietary colony, which meant the owner of the colony ruled, not the king or queen.
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Rhode Island
Rodger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he spoke out against government authorities. He then founded the colony of Rhode Island and there was no religious persecution of Christians there.
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Connecticut
Connecticut was started in January 9 1788. It is nicknamed the Constitution state and is apart of the original 13 colonies
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Maryland Toleration Act
This act protected Christians from religious persecutions and fights in Maryland
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Carolina
Carolina was divided into 2 states & was founded by 8 loyal charters of King Charles II. People settled here to grow cash crops like rice, indigo & tobacco.
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Bacons Rebellion
When the Virginians got upset that the Governor was giving the best land to his personal Friends they started a violent rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon that was the considered the first act of rebellion in the new world
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Pennslyvania
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as royal colony and settled the colony as a "Holy Experiment,".. Penn granted this place as a land for Quakers to settle. They were labeled as simplistic because of their speech, clothing, anti-slavery beliefs and they were Pacifists.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials where a spell of mass hysteria where local girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and incriminated other wives and women that they didn't like to be witches. This caused 150 people to be imprisoned with 19 men and woman being hung or drowned
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Great Awakening/Enlightnement
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French-Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war over territory fought between France and Britain that lasted 9 years. The land disputed was the upper Ohio river valley and Mississippi area.
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Albany plan
Benjamin Franklin proposed an idea to unite the 13 Colonies by sending 20 representatives to combat the French and Indian war which was getting too close to home. This was the first attempt at 1 government in America
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Proclomation of 1763
The British sent this to the colonies at the end of the French & Indian war to appease the Native Americans. It made a boundary separating the British colonies from American Indian lands.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
