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Roanoke
Another name for the Roanoke is the Lost Colony, it was established on Roanoke island now known as North Carolina to attempt to establish a permanent English settlement.
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Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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House of Burgesses
The house of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp
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Mayflower/Plymouth/mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymouth colony. The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans from Plymouth, England to the New World.
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Carolina
The Province of Carolina was an English colony and later a British colony of North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was a migration of English Puritans to Massachusetts and the West Indies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%9340) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the original English settlements in present day Massachusetts.
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Maryland
The colony was named Maryland after queen Henrietta Maria.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-settlement-of-maryland -
Connecticut
The Connecticut colony was founded by Thomas Hooker and colonists, at Hartford.
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Maryland Toleration Act
Another name for the Maryland Toleration Act is the Act Concerning Religion, which was a law mandating religious tolerance Trinitarian Christians.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
New York
In 1626 the Dutch established New Amsterdam, then in 1664 the English conquered the area and renamed is New York.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn to settle a debt King Charles II of England owed to Penn's father. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Pennsylvania -
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that swept through the American colonies.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was a Plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies.
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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War was a 7 year war, which pinned the colonies of British America against those of New France.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III following the acquisition Great Britain had of French territory in North America after he end of the French and War/Seven years' war.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763 -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect is a term that refers to the seventeenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutary_neglect -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is a U.S. state in New England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island
