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Roanoke
in 1587 the settlers of Roanoke settled but a couple years later the whole colony disappeared without a trace the only thing left was a single word carved into a wooden post Croatoan even today no one knows exactly what happened to the colony of Roanoke https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke -
Jamestown
it was England's first permanent settlement in the new world the voyage was financed by the Virginia company the colony was led by john smith the purpose was to settle the eland and lay claim to England's place in america only 36 of the original 150 settlers survived the first winter the colony was established in Chesapeake bay https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony -
House of Burgesses
the house of Burgesses was the first overseas government in Jamestown own by British government which was founded by Gov George Yeardley the house was created to govern the new founded colony and each settlement was allowed two delegates the original number being 22 representitives https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
the mayflower was the ship that carried the original pilgrims to the Plymouth colony it held at least more than 100 people it was a long and hard voyage they were originally headed for Virginia but were blew off course there they settled Plymouth under the leadership of William Bradford but before they did they established the mayflower compact they used as a charter for them to settle the land https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact -
New York
new York was founded in 1626 by peter Minuit and was named after the duke of York it was originally founded by the dutch and was used for the growing of crops and the exporting of trade it was a large port town it was nicknamed the colonies bread basket for the amount of crops it grew was not dominated by a certain religion and became a state on July 26 1788 https://www.historycentral.com/TheColonies/NY1.html -
great migration
was the immigration of European puritans to the colonies between 1620 and 1640 the total number of people who came to either the Plymouth colony or Massachusetts the number of immigrants who were looking to get away from England because they felt church and state were to close together was between 13000 and 21000 people between 1630 and 1642 http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Massachusetts bay colony
Massachusetts bay colony was settled by pilgrims and puritans it was originally a charter under the leadership of gov. john Winthrop it was settled to establish religious freedom because they established a theocratic government limited to church members a new charter was later formed in 1690 which merged the Plymouth colony and Maine to create the Massachusetts bay colony https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Maryland
Maryland was founded in 1633 by George Calvert and Lord Baltimore was originally founded as a refuge for Catholics its main export was tobacco Maryland now was half the size then it became a plantation colony which triggered the forced shipment of slaves into the colony the colony was also at war with a neighboring Indian tribe but late declared peace and became allieshttp://thehistoryjunkie.com/maryland-colony-facts/ -
Rhode island
Rhode island was founded in 1636 by roger Williams he was originally banished from the Massachusetts bay colony for his beliefs in the separation of church and state him and other separatists they established providence and over time it began to grow later he was granted permission to form providence plantation https://www.thoughtco.com/rhode-island-colony-103880 -
Connecticut
Connecticut was one of the original 13 colonies Connecticut was classified as one of the new England colonies it was founded in 1636 by Thomas hooker and other colonists at Hartford it was one of the colonies that helped overthrow British rule during the american revolution https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm -
Maryland toleration act
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carolina
it was founded by sir Robert heath the settlers there created tobacco plantations there that were manual labor heavy so they brought in lots of slaves to work the plantations but the north and south Carolina did not work well together so they had someone administer the divide but this did nothing for them in the end http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/03/american-colonies-carolina.html -
bacons rebellion
Nathaniel bacon rose an unauthorized army to retaliate against native american attacks and then governor William Berkeley gathered an army to fight against bacon bacon attacked and destroyed James town in his rebellion he attacked because he had a vendetta against Berkeley and was financed by people to remove Berkeley from power but the rebellion ended when bacon died of dysentery https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
it was founded by William Penn as a religious experiment it was ruled by Quakers under a charter from the king of England they developed great relationships with the native and didn't have a real government because Penn thought that all men were good they worked hard and established the city Philadelphia which would later be the site of the signing of the declaration of independence http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-history/1681-1776.html -
salem witch trials
young girls in the town claimed to be possessed by witch craft a series of trials broke out in the town of Salem with a wave of hysteria it caused 150 people to be jailed 7 died in prison and 19 people were convicted and hung the hysteria died down in 1693 with public opinion against the trials it was suggested that the visions people saw were a side effect from eating bad wheat giving them LSD effects https://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials -
Great Awakening
the great awakening was a religious revival that affected the colonies between 1730 and 1740 it was put in place when passion for religion was stale Johnathon Edwards played a major part in this role preaching how humans were sinners and that god was angry judge and we needed to ask for forgiveness or we would go to hell these kinds of preachings were prevalent all over the colonies https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
french Indian war
the french and Indian war was a war fought by France and Britain it was a dispute over land and which empire would dominate the heart of the Americas it was also the debut war for general George Washington the British ended up winning the war though the french had early success in the war the war ended with the two countries signing the treaty of Paris https://www.britannica.com/event/French-and-Indian-War -
Albany plan
it was a plan to unite the colonies under a more centralized government it however was not carried out but it was the plan o get the colonies under one government representatives adopted the plan during a meeting called the Albany congress the congress was originally to discuss a treaty among the colonies https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
Proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1763 was a document from the king of England to keep settlers from encroaching on Indian territory to keep territories the British set u boundaries to keep settlers from settling Native land the reaction from settlers was negative when it was issued https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.html -
salutary neglect
it was the neglect of strict trade laws on the american colonies which let the colonies govern them self's not under British rule for a time and in this period the colonies flourished which led them to develop a self dependency which they didn't want to lose so they created the declaration of Independence to let them govern themselves without England interfering
