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Roanoke
Roanoke is located in present day North Carolina. John White(governor of Roanoke colony) returned from a supply trip and found Roanoke deserted. He found no trace of them except for the word "Croation" carved into a piece of wood. the colonists were thought to be abducted or killed.
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Jamestown
The Virginia Company of London established a colony in Virginia called Jamestown. The colony got off to a rough start with inly 38 people surviving the winter. The Native Americans weren't friendly with these people. An Englishman John Rolfe had married Pocahontas, then they started growing tobacco(a big cash crop).
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy, created by prime minister Robert Walpole to relax the enforcement of strict regulations.Walpole and other proponents of this approach hoped that Britain could focus its attention on European politics and further establish its role as a world power. Salutary neglect enabled the American colonies to prosper by trading with the non-British.
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House of Burgesses
It was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia. It was established by governor George Yeardly at Jamestown. The rest of the council was appointed by the colonial proprietor along with the two elected delegates from each of the colonies eleven settlements. the House of Burgesses granted supplies and organized laws.
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The Great Migration
It was when the Puritans wanted to come to America to live righteous and spiritual lives. They didn't just let anyone join their movement. They discriminated against people who wanted to settle with them, they even sent some back to England. The Puritans declared thanksgiving for the harvest and ships that brought persons of special use and quality.
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Plymouth
the pilgrims settled the Plymouth colony by sailing on the Mayflower. they created the Mayflower compact which established the colonies government. It was the first government plan in the colonies and it pledged that the decisions would be made by the will of the majority of the colonies men. the settlers met Squanto and he helped them grow corn and establish a treaty with Wampanoag leader.
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Masachusettes Bay Colony
The puritans settled the Massachusetts Bay colony. It was led by Governor John Winthrop. Puritan laws were tied to the beliefs of the Puritan church. The dissenters(people who didn't follow puritan laws -
Maryland
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Rhode Island
Robert Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony for speaking out against government authorities punishing religious dissension the confiscation of Native American land. Rhode Island there was no religious persecution of Christians.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion. This was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. It created one of the pioneer statutes passed by the legislative body of an organized colonial government to guarantee any degree of religious liberty. The Act allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland, but sentenced to death anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus.
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Carolina
King Charles II. granted 8 supporters lad in the Carolina's. People started growing cash crops because of the easy access to trade. By 1720 African slaves outnumbered European settlers in the Carolina's 2:1 because of the need to manage the crops. Carolina eventually became a royal colony and was split into North and South.
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New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River, then two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam and Manhattan Island. They ignored the Indians and tolerated slavery. Then The English had taken them over and renamed it New York.
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Bacons Rebellion
Bacons Rebellion started with a dispute with the Doeg Indians on the Potomac River. Bacon agreed to lead the fight but he wanted a commission, but he didn't receive one so he led his army of volunteers to fight against the Indians. The governor then fired bacon from the council then fled only to be met by Bacons troops to defeat him. Bacons army then burned the capital.
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Pennsylvania
King Charles II. granted William Penn a charter for the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn established the colony as a holy experiment. Penn eventually became a Quaker which led to his colony becoming a haven for Quakers.
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Salem Witch Trials
When people started getting sick in Salem the doctors couldn't find a cure. they then resorted to it being witchcraft. Some girls in the town claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused other women of witchcraft. If you did not testify t being a witch you got murdered. 150 people were imprisoned, 7 died in prison, and 19 were found guilty and got hung.
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The Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards was one of the chief fathers of the Great Awakening. His message centered on the idea that humans were sinners.The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America. It came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized. Christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel.emphasizing salvation.
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Albany plan
The Albany Plan was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. The British Government had ordered the colonial governments to meet initially because of a breakdown in negotiations between New York and the Mohawk nation. officials wanted a treaty between the colonies and the Iroquois that would create a colonial Indian relations policy. The plan eventually fell through.
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French and Indian War
American phase of a nine years’ war fought between France and Great Britain. France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought it into conflict with the British colonies. The French built Fort Duquesne where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers joined the Ohio River, making it an important stronghold that the British repeatedly attacked. The French won a string of victories, defeating George Washington and his men.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was created by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to please Native Americans by managing the invasion of European settlers on their lands. It created a boundary separating the British colonies on the Atlantic coast from American Indian lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Connecticut
It is located in the Northeastern corner of the country. It began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England. It was known as "land of steady habits" for its political, social, and religious conservation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Connecticut
