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Carolina
The region was claimed as part of the Spanish territory named La Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513. Santa Elena, a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island. was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the first governor of Spanish Florida. -
The Roanoke
The Roanoke also known as the "lost colony". It started off rough because of bad relations with the native American's. Most of the people left with Sir Francis Drake on a boat and went back to England. John White went there in July 1587 and his granddaughter was the first English child born there. They left because of the Spanish war and upon to there return no on was there. There was a word carved into a tree "CROATOAN". No one knows what happened to them to this day. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first English settlement in north america. There was also a Indian tribe called the Powhatan. There relationship was good and bad sometimes they would share gifts with one another and other times if there were colonist who strayed alone outside they would kill them. This colony gave England there first foothold on the new world. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the 17th and 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding harsh enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient and loyal to England. -
House of Burgesses
The assembly was one division of legislators established by governor George Yeardley of Jamestown. Each virgina settlement were elected 2 burgesses. The council granted supplies and originated laws. It lasted till the American revolution. -
Mayflower/ Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower compact was a set of rules for self governance by the English settlers who traveled on the mayflower. The mayflower compact came about when Pilgrims wanted to stop the rebellion before it started up. So they set a set of rules to follow and stay loyal too. -
The Great purtian Migration
Between 1630-1640 20,000 English puritans emigrated to the united states. They wanted to leave England because they were being religiously persecuted. They wanted to be free in what religion an England didn't allow that at the time so thousands left. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first English colonies it came about by about 1000 settlers from England came over because they were puritans. They were allowed to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. -
Maryland
George Calvert applied to Charles 1 for a royal charter and now what became the province of Maryland. After his death his son took over The Maryland colony. Maryland became one of the most strictly catholic colony's in North america. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded Rhode island the colony. He made the colony to make it a religious and political freedom throughout the colony. This colony was one of the most liberal colonies. -
Maryland Toleration Act
This was also known as the act concerning religion. It was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinidadian Christians. It was passed from the colony of Maryland in St. Mary's City. -
New York
The dutch were the first settlers along the Hudson river. But then in 1664 the English took the colony and renamed it new York. New York was one of the 13 colony's. New York played a crucial role politically and for strategic role during the american revolution. -
Bacon's rebellion
Virginia Governor Sir William Berkeley became very unpopular with farm owners and frontiersmen because he wouldn't let them vote, higher taxes, low tobacco price. They also didn't have a lot of protection from native Americans. But in 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a group of settlers against him. -
Pennsylvania
William Penn received a royal charter from King Charles II of England. It was first colonized by Swedish and Dutch settlers in the 17th century, before the English took control of the colony in 1667. -
Salem witch trials
In 1692 a group of young girls were accused of being possessed by the devil and accused several local women of being in with witch craft. There were court cases in Salem and the first witch convicted was Bridget Bishop and was hung later that June. 18 others in Salem were hung and 150 more men, women, and children were accused. By September the public started to turn against the hysteria and it started to become less and less. -
Great Awakening/ Enlightenment
The Great awakening was a religious revival that swept through the american colonies. It was started by Johnathan Edwards. The enlightenment also known as the "age of reason" was a cultural movement that emphasized reason and science over blind faith. -
French-Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. Both sides were supported by military units from their higher power countries, and by American Indian allies -
Albany plan
The Albany plan was a plan to unify a government for all 13 colonies. Suggested by Benjamin Franklin then a senior leader. It later failed cause no one could agree. -
Proclamation of 1763
At the end of the french and Indian war the British issued a proclamation to check he amount of settlers on the Indians lands. It became one of the cornerstones in native american law in the united states and Canada. -
Connecticut
The U.S. state of Connecticut all started as 3 distinct settlements from puritans from Massachusetts and England. They became a single royal charter in 1663.
