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Roanoke Settlement
The Roanoke Colony was England’s first colony in North America, located in what is today North Carolina, USA.
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Carolna Settlement
Carolina was the first of three colonies in North America settled by the English to have a comprehensive plan.
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Jamestown Settlement
, the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement#:~:text=Historic%20Jamestowne%20is%20established%20in%20the%20original%20James,of%20North%20America%2C%20founded%20on%20May%2014%2C%201607. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England. The core members of the Pilgrims' immigrant group were Separatists, members of a Puritan sect that had split from the Church of England, the only legal church in England at that time.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England
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Maryland
The settlement of Maryland. The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s -
connecticuts first settlement
The first was the Saybrook Colony in 1635, based at the mouth of the Connecticut; it was followed by the Connecticut Colony (first settlement 1633, government from 1639) and the New Haven Colony
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Rhode Island
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House of Burgesses Foundation
With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution. From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally-appointed colonial governor -
Pennsylvania
New Sweden extended into modern-day Pennsylvania, and was centered on the Delaware River with a capital at Fort Christina -
The Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act was an act of tolerance, allowing specific religious groups to practice their religion without being punished, but retaining the ability to revoke that right at any time -
New York Settlement
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608. -
Bacon’s rebellion
When Sir William Berkeley refused to retaliate against the Native Americans, farmers gathered around at the report of a new raiding party. Nathaniel Bacon arrived with a quantity of brandy; after it was distributed, he was elected leader. -
Salem witch trials
he Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693 -
Great Awakening/Enlightment
First Great Awakening. In the 1700s, a European philosophical movement known as the Enlightenment, or the Age of Reason -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
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French Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies. The outnumbered French particularly depended on the natives. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands.
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Salutary Neglect
policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government. www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
Great Migration
he Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)
