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Roanoke
The Roanoke colony, which was the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. The first colonists did not fare well, suffering from dwindling food supplies and Indian attacks.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful permanent European settlement. The colony owes its survival to Native America. The colony itself was later burned in Bacon's Rebellion by the rebels.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was an undocumented, though long-standing British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary. This policy allowed the enforcement of trade relations laws to be lenient. The Salutary Neglect was also a large contributing factor that led to the American Revolutionary War.
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House of Burgesses
Virginia's assembly which quieted opposition by cutting taxes and opening Indian lands to colonists.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims never made it to Virginia but instead they landed far north in Massachusetts's Cape Cod Bay. Since Cape Cod was outside the area controlled by the London company, the Mayflower's passengers had no legal government. This led to the signing of the Mayflower Compact which established a self-governing colony based on the majority rule of male church members.
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Great Migration
Some 60,000 people left England for the Americas to escape both religious persecution and economic ruin.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Company's fleet of 11 ships carried some 1,000 settlers to Massachusetts to establish a colony.
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Maryland
Charles I declared Cecilius Calvert the owner of millions of acres of land on the upper of Chesapeake Bay, which was called Maryland. It was called Maryland after the wife of Charles I.
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Connecticut
Thomas Hooker and his congregation left Massachusetts to get more farmland. In order to do so, they moved southwest, establishing a colony in the Connecticut Valley.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams believed in the separation of the state and the church, which led him to challenge the king's right to give Native American land to the English colonists. This made Puritan leaders angry so they banished Roger. As a result, he then bought land from the Narragansetts and founded Rhode Island. -
Maryland Toleration Act
Since there were not enough Catholic immigrants to create a haven for fellow Roman Catholics who faced persecution, he opened his colony to Protestants. The Protestants outnumbered the Roman Catholics and in order to protect the minorities rights, the Maryland Assembly passed the Toleration Act.
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Carolina
Charles II gave eight supporters a charter for a colony between Virginia and Spanish Florida. The supporters named the colony Carolina, in honor of Charles II. Later, it divided into North and South Carolina. By 1720, slaves made up around 70% of South Carolina.
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New York
The Dutch West India Company, attracted by fur trade, established a colony in North America. Its colony consisted of New Netherland and extended along the Hudson River and included the town of New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam was later renamed New York in 1664.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon raised an army of settlers and randomly attacked Indians on the frontier. Bacon's followers, now joined by indentured servants and enslaved Africans, looted wealthy plantations and also led the rebels to seize and burn Jamestown. The rebellion ended with the sudden death of Bacon who died from one of the illnesses that plagued the Chesapeake.
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Pennsylvania
Charles II repaid Admiral Sir William Penn by making his son proprietor of a large tract of land around New York. His holdings later increased the next year when Duke of New York gave him Delaware. Penn named his colony Pennsylvania and made it a haven for his Quakers.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
European politics, philosophy, science and communications were reoriented during the 18th century as part of a movement known as the Enlightenment.
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French-Indian War
France, Spain, and England were engaged in a worldwide struggle for empire, and the fighting spilled over in North America. English were brought into 3 wars: King Williams War, Queen Anne's War, and King Georges War.
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Salem Witch Trials
A group of girls in Massachusetts claimed that they were possessed by the devils and accused many women of witchcraft. A court in Salem heard these cases. A total of 19 people died and 150 men and women were accused of witchcraft.
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Albany Plan
At the Albany Congress the colonies' delegates adopted Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union, which called for a loose confederation to promote defense. The colonial assemblies instead rejected the plan, fearing that it would raise taxes and give Britain too much power.
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Proclamation of 1763
The British claimed Canada and French holdings east of the Mississippi River excluding New Orleans. Spain then surrendered Florida to the British but in return received France's Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi River.
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