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Roanoke
Colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer in August 1586. The Spanish Armada delayed his return back to the colony. When he returned in 1590, the colony and all of the settlers were gone.
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Jamestown
About 100 members of the Virginia Company settled in the first permanent English colony in America. Within the first two years it was about to fail until a group of settlers came in 1610. Tobacco became a very successful business in Jamestown and it continued to expand.
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House of Burgesses
Assembly of elected representatives in the colony of Virginia. Established by the governor in Jamestown in 1619. Each settlement was allowed two burgesses that were elected by the Virginia Company.
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Mayflower Compact
This was the first framework of government in what is now present day America. It was signed by 41 English colonists on the Mayflower on November 11,1620. It was used to avoid a disagreement between the Puritans and Pilgrims who were settled in Plymouth.
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New York
The English colony of New York was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York. It was originally part of New Netherlands but was claimed by the English.
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The Great Migration
A large group of Puritans left England beginning in 1630 to escape religious persecution and the failing economy. Between 10,000 and 20,000 people settled in Massachusetts while others went to the West Indies.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
This was one of the first English colonies which was settled in 1630 by a group of Puritans. This group of about 1,000 Puritans was lead by Gov.John Winthrop and by the mid 1640's it's population grew to more than 20,000.
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Maryland
Maryland was founded by Cecelius Calvert, or Lord Baltimore, in 1632. He wanted to use this as a place for religious freedom to Catholics .
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Connecticut
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636. Williams founded it after he had been banned from the Massachusetts colony for his religious views and the idea od separation of church and state.
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Maryland Toleration Act
This act was said to be the start of religious freedom in America, although it was limited. This was used to protect Trinitarian Christians in Maryland. Cecil, lord of Baltimore, wrote this "Act Concerning Religion".
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Carolina
It was founded in 1663 by John White and a group of about 120 settlers. They first tried to settle in Roanoke, which vanished.
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Bacon's Rebellion
In 1676 Nathanial Bacon, a Henrico farmer, defended the frontier against a series of Native American attacks. He defied Sir William Berkeley, who wanted to deal with the Indians more civilly. The struggle for power led to armed skirmishes between Bacon and Berkeley. Bacon's death ended the rebellion.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn to provide safety for himself and other Quakers. It was founded in 1682.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 in Massachusetts after they accused a group of young girls witchcraft. Hysteria broke out within the town and over 150 people were accused of being witches. Nineteen people were killed because they were accused of being witches.
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The Great Awakening
This was religious revival in the English colonies between 1720-1740. Preachers talked about the "terrors of the law", how God gives us undeserved grace, and our "new birth" in Jesus. This branched from Pietism that swept over Europe in the 17th century.
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Salutary Neglect
This was an unofficial policy put into place by Britain's prime minister Robert Walpole. It was put in place to relax the trade laws that were enforced on the colonies. This policy went unnamed until March 22, 1775.
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The Albany Plan of Union
This was put in place to put a more unified government into place in the British colonies. Benjamin Franklin suggested the idea at the Albany Congress in July 1754. The plan was never actually carried out but provided a future reference for a union.
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French-Indian War
This was also known as the Seven Years War and it showed the conflict between the French and British in the New World. It broke out in 1756 when the French expanded to the Ohio River Valley which brought conflict to the claims of the British. In 1763, a peace conference was held and the British received the French territories of Canada and also Florida from Spain.
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Proclamation of 1763
The British issued this at the end of the French and Indian War. This was put into place to keep the Native Americans from getting mad by keeping settlers from moving onto their land. It closed down the expansion westward and affected all 13 colonies.
http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
