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Roanoke
A group of about 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The governor of the colony, John White, had to return back to England. After 3 years he returned back to the colony and nothing was left but CROATOAN written on a tree. (notes) -
Jamestown
established by the Virginia Company of London. the colony was settled along the coast of Virginia. Starting with 150 settlers which later was minimized to only 38 after the first winter. the colony stared off rough because men refused to work, and the winter was extremely harsh. eventually the colony thrived with the help of the natives and the cash crop tobacco. in 1622 the natives Attacked and killed 25% of the settlers. (notes) -
House of Burgesses
This was an assembly that was held in Virginia. It was held in Jamestown. The point of this was to make up laws and help distribute supplies. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses) -
Great Migration
The Puritans fled to the Americas. They wanted religious freedom from England. They moved to either the Plymouth Colony or Massachusetts Bay Colony. (http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration) -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
in 1620, around 100 men, women, and kids left England aboard the mayflower in route to the new world. they landed on Plymouth rock. when they landed the pilgrims created the mayflower compact, the first self governing document in the new world, and would lay out the government in Plymouth. (https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/plymouth) -
New York
settled by the dutch in 1624. the area was known as "New Netherlands". Between 1652-1674 the Dutch and British had three naval wars and in 1664 the British captured New Amsterdam and renamed it after the Duke of York, "New York". and this remained under British control. (class notes) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
the puritans settled this colony. there were a thousand of them, led by John Winthrop. they were all tied to the puritan laws. they were very harsh laws with even more harsh punishments. this colony became the most influential and largest colony. eventually became a royal colony. (notes) -
Maryland
this colony was settled by Lord Baltimore, he was catholic. he convinced king Charles I to grant him 100 million acres for persecuted Catholics to settle. this colony was settled as a proprietary colony. so the British monarchy had no rule over them. sadly Baltimore died and his son took over for him. he offered 100 acres to every married couple who settled in Maryland. the Protestants took over the offer of Cecil and Maryland became mainly Protestant. (notes) -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded this settlement after he was banished from the all Puritan, Massachusetts Bay Colony. he founded this colony with no religious persecution of Christians. it was a New England Colony. (notes) -
Connecticut
Connecticut was the 5th state in the union. it was a New England colony and it was settled by Tomas Hooker. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was signed here and was the first written constitution in North America. (notes from class) -
Maryland Toleration Act
this document granted religious freedom to Christians living in Maryland. (notes) -
Carolina
King Charles II granted 8 supporters land in the Carolina. they had easy access to trade in the west indies so this was great for cash crops like rich, indigo, and tobacco. by 1720, African Slaves outnumbered the settlers in the Carolina 2:1. in 1729 Carolina became a royal colony and was separated into north and south Carolina. (notes) -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon constructed an unauthorized militia of indentured servants and farmers to retaliate against Native American attacks on the Virginia frontier. bacon and his men attacked and destroyed Jamestown. (notes) -
Pennsylvania
William Penn was granted a charter from King Charles II. this colony was established as a "Holy Experiment". every male settler received 50 acres and the right to vote. in the 1660s Penn became a Quaker and Pennsylvania became the haven for the Quakers. (notes) -
Salem Witch Trials
When young girls in the village of Salem, Massachusetts claim to be possessed by the devil and accuse other women of being bewitched, a wave of fear comes over the town which leads to the arrest of 150 people and 27 deaths. (class notes) -
Great Awakening
a series of christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. the revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as adherents strove to renew individual piety and religious devotion.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Awakening) -
French-Indian War
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 territorial gains, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to unhappy colonists then to the American Revolution.
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Albany Plan
proposed by Ben Franklin. this was a plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, however the plan never was carried out. (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan) -
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 to keep the British colony following England.(https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/salutary_neglect) -
Proclamation of 1763
On February 10, 1763, representatives from various American Indian tribes, as well as British, French, and Spanish leaders, met to negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War. As outlined in the treaty, France gave up their lands in North America and handed them over to the British, including American Indian lands in the Ohio Country. (http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Proclamation_of_1763 )
