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Roanoke
Roanoke was the first English settlement (attempted at permanent, but failed), created in August of 1585 by Sir Walter Raliegh in the Americas. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted -
Jamestown Colony
In 1607, a group of British settlers created the first permanent English settlement in America, initially for the Virginia Company's Economic Wealth. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
After the English made the transatlantic journey to Plymouth aboard the Mayflower in 1620, they realized that they needed a set of rules. And thus began, the Mayflower Compact. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact -
Great Puritan Migration
Beginning with the Mayflower in 1620, people known as pilgrims came to the New World in search of religious freedom. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649 -
New York
The colony of New York was originally settled in 1624 by the Dutch, mainly for religious freedom. They then formed an alliance with the Iroquois speaking Indian Nations, trading fur and guns. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first English colonies. Founded in 1630, under John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley, was inhabited by a thousand puritans in search of religious freedom. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/history-of-the-massachusetts-bay-colony/ -
Maryland
Named after King Charles I's wife, the colony of Maryland was founded in 1632 after the King of England granted a charter to George Calvert. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-settlement-of-maryland -
Rhode Island
After fleeing from Massachusetts after he was banished, Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after he purchased the land from the Narragansett Indians in 1636. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island -
House of Burgesses
On July 30, 1619, The House of Burgesses was established by Governor George Yeardly as the first legislature in the General Assembly in Virginia to better govern the Jamestown colony and others around it. https://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
Maryland Toleration Act
In 1649, a new law was adopted, written by Cecil Calvert, ensuring the English's religious freedom when they came to Maryland. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649 -
Carolina
In 1663 the King of England issued a charter to 8 Lord Proprietors giving them land from 31 degrees to 36 degrees north on all of the land in North America. https://www.ncpedia.org/carolina -
Bacon's Rebellion
The rebellion began in July 1676 during a dispute trying to get land from the Doeg Indian Tribe. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a group of Virginia settlers rebelled against Governor William Berkeley. This event was known as the most rebellious provocation to British authorities before the Revolutionary War. https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
Founded by William Penn for his fellow Quakers, Pennsylvania was founded in 1681, after being granted a charter by the King of England. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, people were being accused of practicing witchcraft in Massachusetts. They were tried and 20 were executed. In the end, the trials appeared to be a mistake and the families of those wrongly convicted were compensated. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
During the 1730's, a great religious revival involving the Christians sparked due to secular rationalism in the English colonies. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, from 1754 to 1763, was a bloody conflict between the French and the British, expanding the British's territory in America. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
Albany Plan
The Albany plan was originally set in place to create a more stable government for the New England colonies suggested by Ben Franklin. On July 10, 1754, the representatives of the colonies carried out the plan. https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cp/90611.htm#:~:text=The%20Albany%20Plan%20of%20Union,the%20British%20North%20American%20colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
In 1763, the King of England declared that Anglo-American settlers could not acquire land past a line diving the land and the land taken from the French in the 7 Years' War. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/proclamation-line-of-1763/ -
Salutary Neglect
Created by Prime Minister Robert Walpole in 1775, Salutary Neglect was an unofficial policy set in place to relax England's trade laws in the colonies. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/salutary-neglect/ -
Connecticut
The founders of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes, created the colony in 1636 for puritans in America. https://www.historycentral.com/TheColonies/RI1.html