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Roanoke
Roanoke was England's first colony in North America, located in what is now North Carolina. It was first established in 1585 CE. Shortly after settling, the colonists ran into problems with the native people.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent British Colony founded in North America. It was established on May 14, 1607. It was founded by a group of about 100 people called the Virginia Company. Jamestown almost failed within the first two years of it starting because of famine and disease. A new group of settlers arrived in 1610 with supplies which helped save the colony
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House of Burgesses
The house of burgesses was the first legislature developed among the English colonies in America on July 30, 1619. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry were all members of the house of burgesses. The purpose of the House was to enhance the colonie's condition. https://historyplex.com/virginia-house-of-burgesses-purpose-facts-significance -
Mayflower/Plymouth
In September 1620, a ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England. It contained 102 passengers looking to start a new life away from England. Nearly 40 of these passengers were Separatists, who hoped to establish a new church in the New World. The men aboard the ship first moved to Holland, but they did not like it there. the men signed the mayflower compact which was the first document to establish self-government.
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New York
The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. They had access to good farmland, timber, furs and coal. Wheat was the main crop grown. Most of their economy was based off of trading natural resources and iron ore.
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Massachusetts bay colony
The Massachusetts bay colony was founded in 1630 by Jon Winthrop and a group of about 1,000 puritans. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company was granted from King Charles I a charter allowong the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. -
Maryland
In 1632 Cecilius Calvert was granted a charter for the land in which his fellow Roman Catholics might escape the restrictions placed on them in England. The first settlement was St. Marys. Instead of hunting for gold and silver, settlers made peace with native Americans who helped them establish farms and trading posts. indentured servants and African slaves worked on plantations that grew tobacco, which was a cash crop.
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Connecticut
Connecticut was founded in 1636, when the Dutch established the first trading post along the Connecticut river valley. Thomas Hooker was the founder of the colony. The reason it was founded is because Boston became over populated and people needed somewhere to go. Connecticut did not have the best soil for farming but they did do a lot of fur trading.
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Maryland Toleration Act
the Maryland proclamation act was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City. This created the first legal limitations on religious hate speech in the world. It also helped inspire later legal protections for freedom of religion in the United States.
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Carolina
Carolina began as one colony, but disagreements lead to it being broken into two. In North Carolina they had small tobacco farms, but in the south they had large plantations with slaves to farm rice and cotton. Before the first European settlers arrived there were many Indian groups that had lived in the Carolinas. Two colonies began in Roanoke in the 1580's, and both failed.The first permanent settlement came in the 1650's
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was the first rebellion in English colonies in 1676. it was a war between two cousins, Sir William Berkley, the English Governor, and Nathaniel Bacon, an immature man who was sent to Virginia by his father. Native Americans raided a plantation because they were going through a harsh winter with little food. Bacon and his militia attacked a group of Indians. Bacon was made leader of all forces, and Berkley fled Jamestown.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was founded under a charter given to William Penn in 1681.The charter granted to Penn had more limitations than other charters that were granted to earlier colonies. Penn was a quaker, so he believed that people were inherently good.They settled on the East side of the Chesapeake River in extremely fertile land. The colonists had great relationships with the native Americans, and believed in hard work.
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Salem Witch Trials
the Salem witch trials began when a group of girls became "possessed" in Salem Massachusetts. They accused local women of witchcraft. Betty Bishop was the first convicted witch, and was hanged in June of 1692. 18 other people were convicted and hanged and over 150 men, women, and children were accused. The trials ended in early 1693, and everyone was released from jail.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect allowed Britain policy to be lightly enforced as long as the colonists stayed loyal to the Britain government and contributed to the economy. This ultimately lead to Americas independence. These changes were applied in the middle of the 17th century under Robert Walpole.
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Great Awakening
the Great Awakening was a religious revival in the British American colonies between 1720 and 1740. Jonathon Edwards was one of the main leaders of the Great Awakening. The revival preachers emphasized the “terrors of the law” to sinners, the unmerited grace of God, and the “new birth” in Jesus Christ. The colonists passion for religion had grown stale, and the idea of secular rationalism lead to the great awakening.
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Albany Plan
The purpose of the Albany Plan was to make a more centralized government for the British American Colonies. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although it was never finalized, it was very important because it was the first proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole.
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French-Indian war
the French-Indian war(7 years war)was fought in what is today Pittsburgh. The reason the war happened is France and Britain fought over who owned the Ohio River Valley. In 1758, Britain won a handful of battles in Canada. They took Montreal in 1760, which was the Frenchs’s last foothold. This lead to the Treaty of Paris. The British received Canada from France and Florida from Spain, and gave Louisiana to Spain https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
Hoping to please the Indians while buying time to develop a long-range plan, King George III issued the Proclamation of l763. This royal decree prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. It also required settlers who had moved west of the Appalachians to return to the eastern side of the mountains. The treaty made a lot of rich people mad because they had invested in land companies.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636, who had been banished from the Massachusetts colony for his religious tolerance and separation of the church. Newport was very popular shipping and trade. Rhode Island is the smallest state, but has over 400 miles of coastline.
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970. African Americans began to create a culture for themselves, and stand up to racial prejudice. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration
