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The Roanoke Colony
This is known as one of America's oldest mystery. Nobody has an accurate description of what happened. 115 English settlers arrived on the island in hopes of creating a colony. John White, the governor, decided he would go to England to gather fresh supplies and come RIGHT back but he didn't make it in time because when he arrived back to Roanoke everyone had disappeared.
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Jamestown
104 settlers established a settlement in Virginia being the first permanent settlement. They suffered through a period of starvation and many died through the first harsh winter before Squanto, a Native, helped them make peace with other tribes to learn how to grow crops in harsh soils.
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House of Burgesses
Met on July 30th of 1619 to discuss the minimum price for tobacco. The House of Burgesses became largely known as a symbol to the representative government which was established by George Yeardley (current governor.) This establishment first just met once a year to make laws which would be made/wouldn't be made. That decision was up to the governors of The Virginia Company. This was standard until 1624. The final meeting wasn't until 1776.
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The Puritan Migration
During the 17th century, England was in a hostile state on religious persecution especially towards Puritans. Puritans felt that the Church Of England was too closely related with Catholicism. Non-separatists wanted to stay with the church and reform it within while separatists did not. The church wanted to be reformed by the separatists so they decided to leave.
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The Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
Many people had a set of rules established, they went away from England seeking freedoms in religious aspects. They stood firm in their faith about the Providence even through the tribulations they faced.
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New York Colony
Founded by Peter Minuit & others on Manhattan Island. Originally owned by the Dutch. This was founded for trading and profits. This colony was known as, "breadbasket colony" because of how much wheat it grew.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans were seeking religious freedom from The Church Of England on a new land in the Americas (coast of North America.) They just wanted to change the Church, not separate from it like the Pilgrims did.
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Maryland Colony
This was founded in 1633 by a man with the name of George Calvert, Lord Baltimore. King Charles had demanded this to be the name because of his new wife. The reason it was founded was for religious freedoms, mostly for the Catholics.
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North & South Carolina Colonies
South Carolina was founded by English nobles and a royal charter. Not dominated by a certain religion which would give all religious freedom, and he weather was the warmest of all colonies.
North Carolina was apart of South Carolina until 1729. They were a conjoined colony at first.
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Connecticut Colony
In 1636, it was founded by Thomas Hooker and others at Hartford. In this area they did not tolerate any other religion besides Christianity, so that meant no religious freedom for their people that inhabited the colony. Mostly known for the Pequot War which consisted of the colonists defeating the natives, led by John Underhill & Mason who allied with Narragansetts & Mohegans.
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Rhode Island
Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson. This colony was originally named "Roodt Eylandt" by Adrian Block, the Dutch explorer. They had many natural resources for trading such as whales, fish, forests, corn, pumpkins, rye and squash. https://www.landofthebrave.info/rhode-island-colony.htm -
The Maryland Toleration Act
This was a law passed controlling religious tolerance for every domination in the Christian faith. It did stop persecution because of faith for a very long time. However, it was not able to stop major political up rivals that were to come.
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Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion
This rebellion came up against Gov. William Berkeley & Native Americans because of alleged thefts that were happening because of the Natives. This was the first rebellion to happen in the colonies.
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Pennsylvania Colony
This colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn. The area had no dominant religion which gave way for religious freedom for many colonists. Their farming and agriculture was rich due to the warm/mild weather they had during summers and winters.
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Salutary Neglect
This was a very long period of time for the 13 colonies that existed. The first reason documented was for colonists to stay loyal to the British government during times of expansion but many colonists went against the law because how there was no effective enforcement besides it was expensive to send troops to the Americas from England.
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The Salem Witch Trials
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Great Awakening/Enlightment
This was a religious revival that swept throughout many New England colonies. Colonists began to discover new meanings in every day religion, but some did not agree with this. Scientific findings were beginning to grab people's attention. Priests began to become concerned that colonists were becoming "too worldly." A pin point of the Great Awakening was Jonathan Edward's speech, "Sinners in the hand of an angry God." http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/greatawakening.htm -
The Albany Plan
The purpose of this was to create a government that was unified for the colonies against Great Britain. The founder/suggester of this plan was Benjamin Franklin and another man in Congress.
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The French-Indian War
French & Indians fought over frontier tensions that were forming and about larger imperial wars happening between France & Great Britain. This took place in the Americas, and ended with The treaty of Paris in 1763.
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The Proclamation of 1763
After the French-Indian war, tensions were extremely high. With that said, the government (The King) passed the proclamation in hopes of turning tensions aside. This proclamation stated that a boundary line was to be set between Native American's soil and British colonies.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/greatawakening.htm
