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Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation which had started with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses had now swept across Europe and entrenched itself, making a clean break from the Roman Catholic Church and the pope's authority. 1517-1648 -
First Colony: Virgina
The First English Colony. In April 1585 Sir Walter Ralegh sent a second expedition to North America.The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607 by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company, at Jamestown. Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England - the "Virgin Queen -
V.A. Burgesses
It became the House of Burgesses — the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619, in the church at Jamestown. Present were Governor Yeardley, Council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations (or settlements) Burgesses were elected representatives. -
Mayflower
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. -
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Colony was one of the 13 original colonies in America, and was classified as one of four New England Colonies which also included the Massachusetts Colony, the Rhode Island Colony, and the Connecticut Colony. -
Massachusetts Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and other colonists. -
Maryland Colony
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland. -
Rhode Island Colony
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean -
Connecticut
Leaders. Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony led 100 people to present-day Hartford in 1636. He and Thomas Hooker, a prominent Puritan minister, are often considered the founders of the Connecticut colony. -
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government 1642-1651 -
North Carolina Colony
The North Carolina Colony was founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists. - refer to Lords Proprietors and the Charter of Carolina. -
New Jersey Colony
The New Jersey Colony was founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley in 1664. The New Jersey Colony was originally named the Province of New Jersey, after the British island named Jersey. -
Delaware Colony
Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies consisted of land on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay. In the early 17th century the area was inhabited by Lenape and possibly the Assateague tribes of Native Americans. -
King Phillip's War
King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies in 1675–78 -
Georgia Colony
The Georgia Colony was founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe and other colonists. Named after King George II of England. The terms of the charter granted by the king specified that the colony was named after the king. -
South Carolina Colony
The Province of South Carolina was an English colony in North America that existed from 1663 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of South Carolina.