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Roanoke
Roanoke island was the site of the 16th century colony of Roanoke, the first British settlement in the new world. It was in what was then called Virginia. There were six expeditions to the area between 1584 and 1590, and two groups of colonists tried and failed to establish a colony there. -
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salutary neglect
The salutary neglect was the British policy of avoiding the strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep the American colonies devoted to England. The salutary neglect occurred in three time periods. From 1607 to 1696. The end of salutary neglect was a large contributing factor that led to the American Revolutionary War. -
jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in Virginia was the first permanent British settlement in America. It was founded by the Virginia company in London and the aborigines initially welcomed and provided vital food and support to the colonists who had no agricultural inclinations. But relations between the two sides deteriorated rapidly after the colonists exterminated papier during the four-year war -
House of Burgesses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses Burgess House is an elected representative of the Virginia Legislature. With the establishment of The Burgess House in 1642, the Great Congress, founded in 1619, became a bicameral institution. From 1642 to 1776, the Burgess Palace became a tool of government, along with the royally appointed colonial governor and the Council of State of the Upper House of Parliament. it is the first elected government -
Mayflower/Plymouth/c
The mayflower covenant is a set of rules of self-government established by the English settlers who set out for the new world. When pilgrims and other settlers boarded the ship America in 1620, they planned to anchor in northern Virginia. But after treacherous shoals and storms pulled their boat off course, the settlers landed in Massachusetts, near Cape Cod, outside Virginia's jurisdiction. -
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New York
The Dutch first established the American colony centered on new Amsterdam, until 1664, when the British sent warships to new Amsterdam, defeated the Dutch and occupied a large area of the Hudson River. The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. New York was founded. -
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carolina
Carolina was an Englishman who later became a British colony in North America. North Carolina was officially named "Carolina" in 1663. In 1660, Charles ii gave the land to eight lords who in return restored him to the throne. The royal governor of south Carolina was appointed in 1720. For nearly a decade, the British government has sought to buy out the companies. In 1729, north and south Carolina became British colonies. -
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massachusetts bay colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were located in southern New England, with initial settlements situated on two natural harbors and surrounding land about 15.4 miles apart—the areas around Salem and Boston. -
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Maryland
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. Its first settlement and capital was St. Mary's City, in the southern end of St. Mary's County, which is a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay and is also bordered by four tidal rivers. -
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Connecticut
The Connecticut Colony is an English colony in New England which became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the colonists and Pequot Indians known as the Pequot War. -
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded the colony in 1636. He guaranteed religious and political freedom. Religious refugees from the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled in Rhode Island. It was one of the most liberal colonies. -
Maryland Toleration Act
It was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies and created one of the pioneer statutes passed by the legislative body of an organized colonial government to guarantee any degree of religious liberty. -
Bacon's rebellion
It started because the Indians were always harassing other immigrants, and most of the farmers protest. It started because the Indians were always harassing other immigrants, and most of the farmers rebelled. His grievances against the governor stemmed from Berkeley's dismissive policy to the political challenges of its western frontier, particularly refusing to allow Bacon to take part in fur trading with Native America. -
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Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 .The proprietary colony's charter remained in the hands of the Penn family until the American Revolution, when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was created and became one of the original thirteen states. -
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, 19 of whom were found guilty and executed by hanging . One other man, Giles Corey, was crushed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. -
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Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The movement came at a time when secular rationalism was being emphasized and religious enthusiasm was becoming stale. The result was a renewed commitment to religion.Many historians believe that the great awakening had a lasting impact on various Christian denominations and on American culture in general.Everyone's main job at that time was to spread religion, train missionaries, and establish universities. -
Albany Plan
Fearing an Indian attack and a French invasion of New England or New York, Benjamin Franklin proposed establishing a central government for the colonies to better coordinate their defenses. The delegates took franklin's advice. However, the idea was more easily revived during the American revolution, when franklin could even repeat his propaganda cartoon of a severed snake with the headline "join or die." -
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French-Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians. Canada and Europe use the term "seven years' war in North America''. -
Proclamation of 1763
Following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War. This proclamation rendered all land grants given by the government to British subjects who fought for the Crown against France worthless. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African-Americans from rural Southern To the North, And the Midwest and Western Cities from around 1916 to 1970.Many blacks left their homes and headed north because of poor economic opportunities and draconian segregation laws. Most of them were puritans who migrated to Massachusetts.
