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Roanoke
Roanoke was known for the lost colony. When 115 English settlers founded Roanoke. John White was the Mayor of the Colony. He requested resources and manpower. A storm has approached them. The city was destroyed. The Crew here came back. They had to join another colony. But the Mystery is that The Mayor had left because maybe he knew something the people didnt. https://www.britannica.com/story/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke -
Maryland
English explorer John Smith Chesapeake Bay and stayed for several weeks. To map the shoreline. in 1632 Cecilius Calvert was granted charter for land that was said heaven according to John Smith. He was planning to escape the restrictions on England. https://www.britannica.com/place/Maryland-state/The-colony -
Jamestown
The first permanent of the English colony in North America found on James river of Virginia named after King James 1. It began growing Tobacco and established the continents representative in 1619. The colony leader John Smith and Native American Pocahontas according to lore saved Smith's life. When nearby Williamsburg made it a Capitol of a Colony in Virginia 1699, it fell into decline. https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Jamestown+colony -
Great Puritan MIgration
The England puritans were migrating to New England and were seeking more profitable fields. All prices took a sharp turn. Since in the new land they had a competition ( Spain, Portugal.) So they sent out 3 ships in 1606. King James 1 sent out a ship to have a colony. The colony had found Tobacco and used it for trade. The Virginia company had taken the colony. https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-colonies/How-colonization-took-place -
Mayflower Compact
It was the first frame work of the goverment. Written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States. Rough seas prevented the Mayflower from rea ching its intended destination in the area of the Hudson river. The ship was steered to Cape Cod. Passengers weren't really in the Jurisdiction from the England Charter by Virginia Company. They pledged to abide by the laws. They have later found there land. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mayflower-Compact -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
One of the original English Colonys. 1000 Puritan
refugees from England under Gov John Winthrop. King Charles 1 had a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize New England. Between the Charles and Merrimack river. Grant was like Virginia Company. https://maps.app.goo.gl/BurDVDZp1P4JRKbK9 -
Connecticut
While the Dutch were claimed to land. The English puritans have settled from Plymouth and Massachusetts bay from which they purchased from the Natives.The Windsor and Wethersfield and Hartford had United to form a river colony which became known to be Connecticut. https://www.britannica.com/place/Connecticut/People -
Bacons Rebellion
Governor Sir William Beckley was an English civil veteran was seventy when the crisis began. A frontier Indian fighter. Who the King Favored him and in the 1640s. He was a well respected man. The antagonist Nathaniel Bacon Jr. Was actually his cousin by marriage. Bacon was a troublemaker. His father sent him to Virginia to hope he would be mature. Bacons rebellion led to the dissent to Virginia colony such as Tobacco trading, Companys... https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathaniel-Bacon -
New York
The British were tracts for the largest land in the new world. Before that time most colonies have been finanaced of joint stock colonies. After the restoration Charles the second had used proprietaries. used for penting up territorial expansion as well to pay for political and economic depts for New York for the throne. https://www.britannica.com/topic/proprietary-colony -
Carolina
Lands south of Virginia were also colonized by Royal Grants. Under Charles 2 they had a group of eight men that founded North Carolina Antony Ashely Copper founded Charlestown in South Carolina. With settlers from England they were too crowded. https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-colonies/The-Carolinas-and-Georgia -
Salem witch trials
19 convicts were hanged "witches" and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem village Massachusetts bay. They first began in Europe 1300s and ened in the late 18th century https://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials -
Maryland Toleraration act.
Measures established the Glorious revoluti They had abon. The Toleration Act demonstrated the idea of a comprehensive "Church of England." The7 had abandoned hope will lay in the toleration division. It allowed noncomformist their own places of worship and their own teachers and preachers. Noncomformist still were denied for political office. https://www.britannica.com/event/Toleration-Act-Great-Britain-1689 -
Great awakening
Religious revival in British colonys. It was part of the ferment that swept western Europe in the late 17th hundreds. Referred to Pietism and quietism in continential Europe among protestants and Catholics as an evangelism in England under the leadership of John Weasly. https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening -
Pennsylvania
Land swindle prepetrated by Pennsylvania authorities on the Delaware Indians who had been tribed. William Penn founded the colony in a previous century. The colonial lost a treaty of 1686 seeking a track of the Delaware Lehigh river. Williams son hired 3 men to walk the River and offered a treaty. https://www.britannica.com/event/Walking-Purchase -
Salutary Neglect
Policy of British goverment from early to mid 18th century regarding it's North Americn under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision. Colonial affairs were loose.As long as the British had control. The colonial legal and legislative institutions ultimately led to American Independence. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
Albany plan
The Albany plan provided a loose confederation presided over a president general and having a limited authority to let taxes be paid to a central treasury. Although the plan was approved by delegates. Neither the crown ( jealousy of its authority) nor any of the colonies assemblies (unwilling to sacrifice sovereignty) approved it and the war was conducted by the old system.
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French-Indian war
This was a 9 year war. It tends to control the vast most colonial territory of North America. 3 years earlier phases of this extended contest for overseas master King Georges war. It Began in the upper Ohio river was apart of a British empire. https://www.britannica.com/event/French-and-Indian-War -
Proclamation of 1763
Declared from the British crown at the end of the French-Indian war in North America. Mainly to Conciliate the Natives by checking encoachment of settlers on their land. This has been one of the cornerstones of Native Americans law in the United States and Canada. After Natives Grievances resulted in the start of war Pontiac. British Authorities determined to subdue intenrcolonial rivalries. https://www.britannica.com/event/Proclamation-of-1763 -
House of Burgesses
The house of Burgesses has passed a law for British taxes. The Virginia royal government has fired back by properly removing the house of Burgesses. https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses -
Rhode island
This was one of the first and ethusiastic Colonys to resist the British. First to be called to Continential Congress. First to eliminate an oath of allegiance to the British crown. Once the Revolution began the state suffered. The British took the New Port for 3 years. For trading. Most people fled because the British were taking control. https://www.britannica.com/place/Rhode-Island-state/Revolution-and-independence