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Roanoke
It was the first English settlement established in the New World founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. The first colonists survived off of little food and supplies.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was an unofficial British policy in the colonies that greatly affected Massachusetts in 18th century. They failed to carry out the British government of British trade laws in the American colonies.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in North America. It was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the journey.
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House of Burgesses
It was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown the other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the Virginia company.
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The great migration
When pilgrims landed in the Plymouth plantation, they began the Great Migration. It involved a group of English Puritans. They came to America to live righteous and spiritual lives, instead of being rich.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/ Mayflower Compact
This Compact was the first written framework of government established in present day United States. It was written to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had arrived a few days later at Plymouth. http://www.history.com/topics/mayflower-compact -
New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River. Two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Later it was renamed New York.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
It was settled by a group of puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Withrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. They received a charter from Charles 1 which allowed them to trade and colonize in New England.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams bought land from Narragansett Indians. He founded the first permanent white settlement in Province.
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Maryland Toleration Act
This Toleration act was a way of protecting Catholics and it set an example in which they could refer back to. The act was a perfect solution to a serious problem. The Catholics in originally Catholic Maryland had become a minority of the population but still powerful politically.
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Carolina
Carolina was founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists. The North Carolina Colony was one of the original 13 colonies found on the Atlantic coast of North America. The North Carolina colony is also referred to as one of the southern colonies.
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Bacon's Rebellion
It was an uproar in the Virginia colony led by Nathaniel Bacon. it began when about a thousand Virginians rose because they resented Virginia Governor William Berkeley's friendly policies towards the Native Americans. It was a protest raised on the frontier. It ended when Berkeley returned to England.
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Salem Witch Trials
People believed women to be possessed by the devil. Many were accused of being witches and were prosecuted in trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Many groups of people were accused even when they were completely innocent. It was only later that they realized that the trials were mere paranoia.
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
It was caused by the fighting between the political and religious groups. This was a spiritual renewal that swept through American colonies, mostly New England. It also allowed people to express their emotions more openly in order to feel closer to God. It ended when
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Albany Plan
It was a plan to unify 13 colonies. Benjamin Franklin proposed the plan which was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a whole united under a single government.
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French and Indian War
This war is commonly known as the seven years war. It began due to the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, or part of the French empire.
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Proclamation of 1763
This Proclamation started due to the end of the French and Indian war. King George declared that all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers. This is why it impacted all 13 colonies.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is classified as a middle colony that was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. It was the second state to ratify the Constitution. It joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Connecticut
The colony of Connecticut was originally established by the Dutch in the early 1630s. Thomas Hooker, a puritan minister, arrived in the colony in 1636 and delivered a powerful sermon. Hooker is responsible for founding Hartford, Connecticut.
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Maryland
Maryland was founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists. nies. The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America. When it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain it became the state of Maryland.
https://m.landofthebrave.info/maryland-colony.htm
