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Roanoke
John White had to go back to England to get supplies. When he got back their settlement was gone and the only clue as to where they went was the word croatoan carved into a tree.
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Jamestown
In December 1606, 104 settlers sailed from London with Company instructions to build a secure settlement, find gold, and seek a water route to the Pacific. On May 14, 1607 Virginia Company settlers landed at Virginia and set up the first permanent English settlement in America.
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House of Burgesses
The legislature of Virginia that worked in conjunction with the royally appointed colonial governor.
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Great Migration
Puritans were unhappy with religious persecution and they went to Massachusetts Bay to get away from it.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
In September 1620, a merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England. The mayflower carried 102 passengers, all hoping to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic. The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.
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New york
The New York Colony was founded in 1624 by the Dutch. The colony was then taken over by The Duke of York. Named after the Duke of York and Albany, the brother of King Charles II of England.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company during the Great Puritan Migration. In April of 1627, the Puritans, led by one of the company’s stockholders, John Winthrop, left their homes in Boston, England and gathered at a dock in Southampton to set sail for the New World. The colony was first settled in 1628 and lasted until 1691.
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Conneticut
The first settlers were Dutch who stayed in a small short lived fort called fort hoop.The first major settlements were established in the 1630s by the English.
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Maryland
When was the colony of Maryland founded? The Maryland Colony was founded in 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists, at Baltimore. King Charles said the colony would be named Maryland in honor of his wife, Queen Henrietta Maria. -
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and other colonists, such as Anne Hutchinson at Providence.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Toleration Act, passed on April 24, 1649, granted religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity and that Jesus was the son of God.
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Carolina
The first permanent settlement at Charles Town/Charleston on the Ashley River, was established by the English in 1670.
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Bacons Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The reason for the rebellion was that Berkley wouldn't allow Bacon to participate in fur trade. -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn. King Charles II of England specified in the charter given to William Penn that the name should be Pennsylvania.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was a long-standing British Policy in the 13 colonies which allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade. The policy and era of Salutary Neglect lasted from the 1690's to the 1760's and benefited the colonists boosting their profits from trade. -
Salem witch trials
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria.The Salem Witch Trials officially began in February of 1692, when the afflicted girls accused the first three victims, Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne, of witchcraft and ended in May of 1693, when the remaining victims were released from jail.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
A religious revival that swept through the New England colonies between 1720 and 1740.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening
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Albany plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.
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French-Indian War
American war between the French and the British that started in 1756 and ended in 1763. It determined control of the colonial territory of North America. -
Proclomation
In 1763, at end end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
