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Roanoke
Roanoke was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. It was the first English colony and it was not until 22 years later till Jamestown was found. So almost everyone returned back to England because they ran out of supplies and the person who went to get more got delayed on his journey so they all went back. There were some people that got left behind, but no one knows what happened to them and is still one of the biggest mysteries today.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was America's first permanent English colony located in Virginia. Captain John Smith was the colony's leader in September 1608. The people were lacking food and water fast and they were going to be in some serious trouble if they ran out of food. Then comes the Powhatan Indians that who even though they were not best friends with the colonists they did establish trading opportunities that helped the colonists.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met on July 30, 1619 at a church in Jamestown. Burgesses were elected representatives and only white men who owned a specific amount of land can vote for burgesses.
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was not called that for the number of people that came but because of the Puritans' purpose. Most Puritans that came were from the middle class. Not only that, but they did not let everybody on the ship only a certain group of people. They came to America to live righteous and spiritual lives and not so they can become rich.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower reached the Americas in about two months from when it finally took off and decided to leave the leaky ship: Speedwell behind. The Mayflower Compact was a legal instrument that helped bounded the Pilgrims together. The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11, 1620 in Plymouth.
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New York
New York was classified as one of the idle colonies. New York was founded by the Duke of York and Albany. It was an English colony that existed from 1626 to 1776.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Was one of the original English settlements in Massachusetts. About 1,000 Puritans came and were the first settlers there. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Colony received a charter that empowered the company to trade and colonize in New England between two rivers: The Charles and Merrimack.
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Maryland
Maryland was founded by two known names which were George Calvert and Lord Baltimore. The first settlers that came there were colonists. The name Maryland came from King Charles the First who gave it that name in honor of his wife. Was an English colony in North America from 1633 to 1776.
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Connecticut
Connecticut was founded by Thomas Hooker who was a colonist. The first settlers that came there were mostly Puritans. When the Puritans arrived there was no tolerance for other religions. Was an English colony until the year of 1776.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams was the founder and actually paid the Indians to have the land they wanted. The first settlers were people who wanted to escape religious persecution. Rhode Island became an English colony until 1776.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act did not bring complete religious freedom as many people think it did. The act was a solution to a serious problem they were having. It was about the Catholics and how they were about to be in great danger by the Protestant majority. So the Maryland Toleration Act was a way to protect the Catholics while at the same time promoting the direction of an English government.
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-maryland-toleration-act-1649.php -
Carolina
The first permanent settlers were actually from Virginia who decided to move down south. Afterwards though, a collection of French Huguenots began a short-lived settlement on Parris Island. However, it was not permanent as they were living in the land of some local Indians in that area.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion happened in the town of Jamestown. The rebellion was about many different causes such as economic problems they were having. They said it was all of the local Indians fault and not theirs. This led to the trouble when a group of the local Indians attacked a plantation in the year 1675. Which, then started the rebellion.
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Pennsylvania
Before European settlement, Pennsylvania used to be the home of 15,000 American Indians. William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania in 1682. The first settlers who came were Quakers that escape religious persecution in Europe.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials were a time where people believed others were witches and were working with the devil. Nobody was safe from being accused a witch and lots of people were killed for being accused a witch, but that they were not really a witch at all. It all started when a reverend's daughter became ill and the village doctor, William Griggs gave her the diagnosis of bewitchment.
https://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment was a religious revival in the British American colonies. There were many factors of people who started the revival, but it was primarily the Dutch Reformed and others who were mainly Calvinists. It emphasized the terrors of the law to sinners, the birth of Jesus Christ, and the unjustified grace of God.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Although the plan was never carried out. It was however, the first proposal for the colonies to all be united under one government. That you were either join us or that you will die.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
French-Indian War
The French-Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War was the British colonies and Indians against the French. It lasted seven years and in the end the British colonies won and they got Canada from France and Florida from Spain; who was also involved in the war but was helping the French.
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Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect was a long standing British policy in the thirteen colonies that allowed the colonists to violate the laws associated with trade. Then the British put a twist on it later after the French-Indian War was over and raised taxes in the colonies to pay for the massive war debt they were in. This led to many major revolts from the colonists such as the Boston Tea Party, American Revolution, and the Declaration of Independence.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 happened at the end of the French-Indian War. The British presented a proclamation that mainly was to stop the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. This has become one of the cornerstones for Native American law in the US and Canada.
http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
