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Roanoke
Roanoke was founded in 1587 by sir walter raleigh and his people consisting of 100 people. they lived there because they were wanting to find new lands for new materials. john white left Roanoke to get more materials because they ran out and when he tried to get back he couldn't for three years because of war. when he tried to get back he didn't have the finds so he never got to get back to his family. -
Jamestown
The colony got off to a very rough start because everyone was looking for gold instead of farming and making food. only 38 of 150 settlers survived the first winter. the settlement was built on a swamp. the men refused to work. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
the mayflower held around 100 puritans and 35 pilgrims that settled in Plymouth. The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. -
New York
The dutch called it New Netherlands but it is now known as New York. it was founded by Henry Hudson when he explored it in 1624. It was a middle colony. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts bay colony was settled by the English and it was on the east coast. It was a really good place for trade. the capital was Boston. -
Maryland
Maryland was settled by lord Baltimore and a bunch of his catholic followers. when he died his son Cecil took over. the toleration act of 1649 made it so there was religious freedom in Maryland. -
Connecticut
The founder of Connecticut is Thomas Hooker in 1633. There were a bunch of fur traders that traveled and settled there. the main people that lived there were puritans that love fur trading. -
Rhode Island
Rhode island was a New England colony that was settled by Roger Williams. roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts bay colony for speaking out against the government and that is how he stumbled across Rhode island. -
Puritan Great Migration
the great puritan migration happened during the 17th century they migrated from England to America. this took place from 1640 to 1642. it was led by the puritan lawyer John Winthrop. -
House of Burgesses
the house of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia. it was founded governor George Yeardley. it was founded in 1643. -
Maryland Toleration Act
To make sure that the rights of Catholics were protected, Maryland's government passed the Toleration Act of 1649. The act made it illegal to prevent any Christian from practicing his or her religion and imposed fines for those who broke the law. -
Carolina
The Carolina was settled by 8 supporters of king Charles the 2nd in 1663. it was a very easy place to trade out of and they traded mainly rice,indigo, and tobacco. tobacco became a big cash crop for them and they focused on that. -
Bacon's rebellion
The rebellion took place in 1676 and the leader was Nathaniel bacon. it was to rebel against the rule of governor William Berkeley. it was put together by a group of unauthorized people consisting of slaves, farmers, and townsfolk. -
Pennsylvania
it was founded by William Penn in 1682. the colony is a middle colony and was established as a "Holy Experiment". every male settler received 50 acres of land and the right to vote. -
Salem Witch Trials
it was a wave that started when girls were parting in the woods and they ate bread that contained LSD. They were having hallucinating and everyone thought it was witch craft. 150 people were imprisoned for being "witches". -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as adherents strove to renew individual piety and religious devotion. it was a revival of Christians. -
Albany Plan
It was a plan to to create a unified government in the colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin and a delegate from Pennsylvania. It failed because all the colonies were scared of losing their self governments. -
French-Indian war
the war was over land and after the war was all over with the Britain's won a huge amount of land. That was good for them but the Indians weren't to happy about loosing. It ended in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
in 1763 north america issued the proclamation of 1763 which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. it was a royal proclamation that happened after a British war. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole , to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries.
