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Roanoke
Roanoke is an island off the coast of what is now North Carolina. In 1587, a group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke island. John White was the governor of this new colony. Later, he went back to England to gather supplies. When he arrived a war broke out with England and Spain. In August 1590, White returned to Roanoke where he had left his family and other settlers. He found no trace of his colony. People think Native Americans killed them. -
Jamestown
On May 14, 1607 a group of 100 called the Virginia colony founded the first English settlement in North America called Jamestown. Native Americans, hunger and disease, brought Jamestown down, but then some more settlers arrived and they were back on there feet. Tobacco became Virginia’s first profitable export. The Leader (John Smith almost got murdered but Pochantas, the daughter of the Native American Chief brought him to safety. -
Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect was Britain's unofficial policy by prime minister Robert Walpole. Its purpose was to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies. It was supposed to keep the American colonies obedient to the British. -
Mayflower/ Plymouth/ Mayflower Compact.
The Mayflower was an English ship that had English settlers that we now call pilgrims sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. The beginning of the Maiden voyage took place in 1609. They then landed in America to create Plymouth colony in 1620. The group was led by William Bradford. The Pilgrims became friends with the Natives. The Mayflower Compact was an agreement to bind Colonists together. It took place in the 1620s. It was composed by William Brewster. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first English representative government in North America, it was established in 1619, for the purpose of passing laws and keeping order in Jamestown and some other settlements too. House of Burgesses is usually defined as the first democratic government in North America. That is not true because the Council of State, which advised the governor, was comprised of men appointed by the Virginia Company. There were also two other reasons. -
The Great Puritan Migration
English migration to Massachusetts consisted of Pilgrims who went to Plymouth colony in the 1620s. They went there due to religious persecution, but also because of economic reasons. There were two different types of Puritans at the time: separatists and non-separatists. The non-separatists wanted to remain in the church. The separatists thought the church was too corrupt. This prompted the separatists to leave England. -
New York
New York was founded in 1626 by the Dutch. The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624 and established the colony of New Amsterdam Island. In 1664, the English took control and renamed it New York. Ownership of New York was important because of its location and status and trade place. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1628 by John Winthrop. It was to serve as a model for Protestantism. Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th Century British settlement and political unit on the east coast of North America. Native Corn became the most important grain. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act in 1649 is religious freedoms to Christian settlers of different denominations who settled in Massachusetts. They had to do that because the law that made it a crime to do those things. This took place in St. Mary's City in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The participants were Colonial Assembly of Maryland. It is also known as act concerning religion. -
Carolina
Carolina was founded on March 24, 1663. It was founded as a reward for their faithful support of his efforts to regain the throne of England. Carolina was a Proprietary colony established by England's King Charles II . Carolina is bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion started in 1676. It is the most serious challenged war to royal authority before the American Revolution. Bacon's Rebellion was triggered when a grab for Native American lands was denied. Nathaniel Bacon started the Bacon's Rebellion. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials took place in 1692. They started this because a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed. The people in the village would test you by putting you on a log and if you floated, you were a witch, if you died, you weren't. They also hanged people too. -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment is a European philosophical movement known as the Enlightenment, or the Age of Reason, was making its way across the Atlantic Ocean to the American colonies. This took place during the 1730s and 1740s. The enlightenment sparked the great awaking because the enlightenment wanted a more logical explanation so fewer people attended church. -
Albany Plan
Benjamin Franklin started the Albany plan in July 10, 1754. The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a better government. The Albany plan was in New York. History.com -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war started in 1754 and ended in 1763. It took place in North America. The issue the issue that started the war was that the French thought the Ohio river which would open up trade and settlements belonged to the British but the Native Americans wanted to keep the land. Washington's surprise attack upon a small French helped spark the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. King George III declared it.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded on May 4, 1776.
It was founded by Roger Williams. This state was named by Dutch explorer Adrian Block. He named it "red island" in reference to the red clay that is on the shore. Massachusetts is above it and Connecticut and the Atlantic Ocean is next to it. Rhode island declared independence before the United states did. -
Maryland
Maryland was founded on July,4 1776. Maryland is bordered by Pennsylvania in the north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Atlantic Ocean and Virginia in the south, and West Virginia in the west. Maryland was also one of the main destinations where the government sent English convicts punished by sentences of transportation. George Calvert was to become the Province of Maryland. It is a safe haven for English Catholics fleeing anti-Catholic persecution in Europe. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was founded on December 12, 1787. It was founded because a guy named William Penn wanted to create a haven for his persecuted friends in the New World. Pennsylvanian became the second state to ratify the the U.S constitution. -
Connecticut
Connecticut is in the northeastern area of the country. It is one of the original 13 colonies. Textile and machine manufacturing became one of their dominate industries. The date of statehood is January 9, 1788. The population is 3,574,097 people. Benedict Arnold, whose name has become “traitor” after he did stuff with the British to turn over the post at West in exchange for money and a command in the British Army.