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After being delayed for 3 years, John White finally comes back to Roanoke with supplies, but is shocked when the colony and people are gone without a trace, except for the word CROATOAN carved onto a nearby tree. -
Jamestown is the first permanent English settlement that is still around today. -
The House of Burgesses heavily inspired our modern government. -
Plymouth was the first permanent Puritan settlement in America. The Pilgrims left England in search of religious freedom, and that's why Plymouth was founded. -
The Native People showed the settlers how to grow food, and to celebrate their friendship, they had a big feast after harvest time and called it Thanksgiving. -
Slaves were important for America because they didn't have enough people to grow enough crops, so they bought some slaves. -
It was founded because of Puritans fleeing religious persecution and was named Boston because most of the settlers were from the Boston in England. -
The Quakers were not accepted in England so they went to America, but none of the current colonies accepted them, William Penn (A Quaker) would go on to found Pennsylvania. -
William Penn founded Pennsylvania because the King gave him the land because of debt he owed to his father, and because he was a Quaker, and wanted to form a colony that accepted his religion and all religions. -
The Salem Witch Trials were a time in history where many innocent people, (mostly women) were executed because of suspicion that they practiced witchcraft and worshipped Satan.