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Roanoke
First English settlement in the world. Sir Walter Raleigh was the first to settle, found it in 1585. The first Roanoke colonist did not do well, did not have a lot of food supplies, and they had a lot of Indian attacks. "In 1586 they returned to England aboard a ship captained by Sir Francis Drake". 1587 Raleigh sent out another ship with 100 colonist under John White. White went to get supplies and the war interfered. When he returned in 1590 they all vanished. -
Jamestown
1607 the Virginia company of London established a colony along the coast of Virginia. the colony got off to a ruff start, only 38 of the 150 settlers survived the first winter. The settlement was on a swamp, the gentlemen refused to work, and the winter was really ruff. Indentured servants were first used to work the fields and cure the tobacco. Notes -
New York
New York was a middle colony. Its was settled by the Dutch in 1624. Henry Hudson explored the area in 1611 for the Dutch East Indian Company, giving the Netherland its claim to the territory. The Dutch used the "Patroon" system to prompt settlement. Dutch landowners were given huge racks of land that they could rent out to tenant farmers. 1652-1674 the Dutch and British fought 3 navel wars. 1673 the Dutch briefly recaptured the area, but it was quickly returned to British control. From Notes -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the colonies. Part of the govern body of Virginia, that had two representatives for each country. They started the Great Charter in 1618. This established a reliable government led by a crown-appointed governor and advisory council, as well as a democratically-elected general assembly. The House of Burgesses established taxation and established laws. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/ Mayflower Compact
About 100 passengers including 35 Pilgrims set sail aboard the Mayflower for a local near the Hudson River, an area thought to be part of Virginia Colony. After 65 days the Mayflower set anchor at Cape Cod. 1620 the Pilgrims settled the Plymouth Colony. 1627 there were 160 people living in the Plymouth Colony. Squanto had been captured in 1614 or 1615. Notes -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The intention of the crown was a commercial company with what, in modern parlance, would be called stockholders, officers, and directors. By a questionable move, the patentees decided to transfer the management and the charter itself to Massachusetts. By this move, they not change the way they manage, but they established the assumption that the charter for a commercial company was in reality a political constitution for a new government with only dependence upon the one in England. -
Maryland
Maryland was a southern colony. It was settled by Lord Baltimore. Lord Baltimore was a Catholic who convinced King Charles1 to grant him 100 million acres for persecuted Catholics to settle. Maryland was settled as a Proprietary colony which meant that the owner of the colony was the ruler, not the British king or queen. -
Rhode Island
Rhode island is a New England colony. This colony was settled by Roger Williams. Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking out against government authorities punishing religious dissention and against the confiscation of Native Americans land. He founded Rhode Island where there was no religious persecution of Christians. Notes -
Connecticut
Connecticut was the first written constitution in North America. Its was a New England Colony. Was settled by Thomas Hooker.Today Connecticut lies in the midst of the great urban-industrial complex along the Atlantic coast, bordering Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, Long Island Sound to the south and New York to the west. -
Maryland Toleration act
This Act didn't bring complete religious freedom. This act was believed that it was a way to provide protection for Catholics while at the same time representing a nod in the direction of the English government. This was assembled by the Maryland colony. It was also known as the Act Concerning Religion. https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.html -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was an unofficial British policy in the colonies that greatly affected Massachusetts in 18th century. The colonies governed themselves with very little supervision from British officials. This was the first law on trade regulation in the American colonies. The law said that all goods had to be shipped to and from the American colonies had to be carried on English ships.http://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/ -
Bacon's rebellion
Governor Sir William Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars at this time. He was also a frontier Indian fighter, a the King's favorite in his first term as Governor in the 1640's, and a playwright and scholar. Bacon's Rebellion can be attributed to a myriad of causes, all of which led to dissent in the Virginia colony. They were having economic problems such as declining tobacco prices, growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas, and many more things. -
Pennslyvania
Pennsylvania was one of the first 13 colonies. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. Penn established a government based on religious freedom for the Quakers. Quakers did not believe in the strict rules imposed by the Puritan church. They believed that people could have a direct relation with God, rather than one mediated by a minister.https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania -
Salem witch trials
After a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. September 1692, the people of the town started to turn against the trials. 150 people were imprisoned for witchcraft, 7 died in prison, 19 men and women were found guilty and hung and 1 person was crushed to death for refusing to testify. -
Carolina
Carolina was made into a crown colony. Was founded when King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as the Lords Proprietors. North and South Carolina became separate royal colonies in 1729.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America. Priest went town to town spreading the word. They were mostly talking about salvation from sins and promoting enthusiasm for Christianity. Many historians believe the Great Awakening had a lasting impact on various Christian denominations and American culture at large. The Enlightenment was also known as the Age of Reason. It was a philosophical movement that took place primarily in Europe. -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. July 10, 1754, representatives 7 of them adopted the plan, but it never carried out. 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
This war was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France. Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. This war started from ongoing frontier tensions in North America as both French and British imperial officials and colonists sought to extend each country’s sphere of influence in frontier regions. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. This has been the cornerstones to Native American law in the United States and Canada. British started to tighten control over autonomous colonies. This was the first measure to affect all 13 colonies. The measure was also intended to shield Native Americans from frequent attacks by the white settlers. -
Great Mirgation
Relocation of 6 million African Americans. They driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws. Most of them went North and took advantage of the need of industrial workers during the first world war. On their own they started making their own home. They created a black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come.https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration
