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New York
It was first settled by the Dutch who built trading posts in the Hudson River. https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+1600s&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2m6-anObWAhWLKCYKHevpDiAQ_AUICSgA&biw=1152&bih=770&dpr=1 -
Roanoke
Also known as the lost colony because it disappeared during the Anglo-Spanish war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Carolina
In the colony’s first fifty years, North Carolina’s settlers faced corrupt officials, violent rebellion, Indian war, isolation, disease, hurricanes, and pirates. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/ -
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas, and it served as the capital for the colony of Virginia for 83 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia -
House of Burgesses
The first legislative assembly in the American colonies. https://www.google.com/search?q=house+of+burgesses&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo77vCmubWAhXE7iYKHV0jD2cQ_AUICSgA&biw=1152&bih=770&dpr=1 -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
The mayflower was an English ship that transported the first group of English puritans to the new word. Plymouth was a colony set up by the Pilgrims and is known as "America's Hometown". The Mayflower compact was the first agreement in self-government to be created and enforced in America. https://www.google.com/search?q=mayflower&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2je38nOvWAhVi5oMKHVZVALcQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=866#imgrc=DNbMF7QIiwj-wM:&spf=1507816178765 -
Massachusets Bay Colony
Was an English Colony on the east coast of North America, most colonists had good relationships with the Native Americas living around that area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony -
Great Migration
English puritans moved to Massachusetts and the west indies, and mostly came in family groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%9340) -
Pennsylvania
Before European settlement, Pennsylvania was inhabited by many Indian tribes, including the Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois, Leni Lenape, Munsee, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and unknown others.http://www.ushistory.org/pennsylvania/pennsylvania.html -
Maryland
Was an English colony when it was first settled, than later was a British colony in North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Maryland -
Connecticut
The Connecticut colony was one of the first original 13 colonies. https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm -
Rhode Island
A colony formed by Roger William's, all colonists were ordered to sign a document saying they were to follow all rules created in the colony. http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/rhode-island.htm -
Maryland Toleration Act
Was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
Bacons Rebellion
Was an armed rebellion leg by Virginia settlers, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor, William Berkeley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion -
Salem Witch Trials
Were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of Witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Was a protestant religious revival that swept through Protestant Europe and British America. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=866&q=the+great+awakening&oq=the+great+a&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i131k1j0l9.2533.3928.0.5627.11.11.0.0.0.0.151.1359.0j10.10.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.10.1348...46j0i67k1j0i46k1.0.JH7Zhb3DBE8 -
Albany Plan
A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, this plan was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+1600s&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2m6-anObWAhWLKCYKHevpDiAQ_AUICSgA&biw=1152&bih=770&dpr=1 -
French-Indian War
Also known as the seven years war, caused when France's advancements into the Ohio river valley brought issues with the claims of the British colonies. http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Proclomation of 1763
Founded my King George III, forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. https://www.google.com/search?q=proclamation+of+1763&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6zs2ZouvWAhVl0oMKHZZuAXUQ_AUICSgA&biw=1280&bih=959&dpr=1 -
Salutary Neglect
the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=805&q=salutary+neglect&oq=salutary+neglect&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i131k1l3j0l7.2719.6180.0.6432.16.16.0.0.0.0.238.2021.2j13j1.16.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.16.2005...0i3k1j0i67k1j0i46i67k1j46i67k1.0.5Tj1HVHaV20
