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Roanoke
First colony of England in the new world (America) that mysteriously disappeared without any signs of struggle. -
Jamestown
First English settlement in North America. Destroyed later in the seventeenth century. -
Salutary Neglect
Laws put in place that were meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. -
House of Burgesses
First democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. -
Mayflower/Plymoth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. The Mayflower, a British ship, with 102 Pilgrims on it, sailed from Plymouth, England. -
New York
The New York Colony was one of the original 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. -
Maryland
One of America's first original 13 colonies, the Maryland Colony was named after King Charles I's wife Queen Henrietta Maria. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act was a law authorizing religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. -
Bacons Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Great Awakening was a revitalization of religious feeling.The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century. -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. Failed. -
French-Indian War
British and Indians fight against France to try to gain control of Northern land. -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Pennsylvania
Founded in English North America by William Penn. -
Connecticut
The River Colony, was an English colony in North America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. -
Carolina
The Province of Carolina was an English and later a British colony of North America. Carolina was founded in what is modern-day North Carolina. -
Rhode Island
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West.
