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Roanoke Settlement
Roanoke is the lost settlement and first settlement attempted by the British. First settled by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585. Roanoke is still Roanoke but known mostly for being the first attempt on American soil. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful colony that was by the British. It was a royal colony. Jamestown was not the first but will be remembered for the hard times they went through to give us America. Jamestown was in Virginia and tobacco saved them and made all a really wealthy colony
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New York
New York was originally New Amsterdam and settled by the Dutch in 1609 after Henry Hudson had failed to seek the Northwest passage to India. The Hudson river in New York is named after him. The Duke of York sent in the British Navy and they took over present day New York
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House of burgesses
The house of burgesses was important for being the first government of the United States. It was located in Virginia www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
Great Puritan Movement
Puritans also came over in the 17th century. The puritans were looking for religious freedom at the time. The separatists were the first to seek religious freedom in the America's. -
Plymouth/Mayflower
Pilgrims came over from Europe seeking religious freedom. The first group came on the Mayflower in 1620 with around 101 people. They end up surviving the first winter because God gave them Squanto. William Bradford became the first governor of Plymouth and they are the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving today
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Maryland
The most important thing about Maryland is that it was settled by Catholics and was known as the safehaven for Catholics around the world. Now Maryland is most well known for having the capital of the country Washington DC inside of Maryland
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Rhode Island
Rhode island is a current day state that started as a middle colony by Roger Williams in 1636. It is important because of its role in the signing of the declaration along with the other 13 colonies at the time. https://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/rhode-island.html -
Connecticut
Connecticut was a New England colony that was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker. Connecticut was also known to be a big puritain colony at the time and was a very religious free colony
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Carolina Colony
The Carolina colony was a Southern Royal colony from King Charles the second. It was a charter colony started in 1649 and would later be split into 2. It was also very good to plant crops as the ground was fertile there.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland toleration act gave religious freedom to all in the colonies except the Jews at this time. This was in 1649 and Maryland was a Catholic colony. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Sir Nathaniel Bacon was rebellious and well known for rebelling about Native Americans. Bacon was trying to kill off most Native Americans even though there was laws about keeping the Natives safe. He led a rebellion and is well known for the first uprising for Native American genocide -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania started as a holy experiment in 1681 granted by King Charles the second. It would become important because of Philadelphia and becoming one of the 13 colonies. The first leader of Pennsylvania was William Penn and was a charter colony
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Massachusetts bay colony
Massachusetts bay was a place for the first Puritains to settle for their freedom in 1691. Well known for the first Puritain settlers -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch trials are not very important to the colonies but more of law and the government fixes at the time. In 1692 in Salem Massachusetts woman were walking around accusing each other of being witches over disputes against each other.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect is just a term that was when the British had strict regulations on things like tax.
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a time to scare people to their faith. Led by Jonathan Edwards scaring people to their faith. This all happened in -
Albany Plan
A really quick summary of the Albany plan was to create a union to all join the 13 colonies together on July 10, 1754 -
Proclaimation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was from King George saying not to go west of the colonies boundaries because it was natives and French land until the Louisiana purchase.
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French Indian War
The French and Indian war was not actually a war fought between the French and Indians but rather the British and the French who had natives on their side(British) which resulted in a British victory in 1763
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war
