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Colony at Roanoke Island
The Roanoke Colony was organized by Sir Walter Raleigh. The colony was an attempt to establish a permanent English settlement and it later became the Virgina Colony. -
England Defeats the Spanish Armada
5,000 men died, whether by drowning and starvation or by slaughter at the hands of English forces after they were driven ashore in Ireland; only half of the Spanish Armada fleet returned home to Spain. -
Settlement at Jamestown
The settlement of Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. Jamestown was named for King James l of England. -
First Anglo-Powhatan War
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Establishment of New Netherlands
The New Netherlands was inhabited by Native Americans, Europeans and Africans. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists who were fleeing religious persecution from James Vl and l. -
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan military doctrine did not call for an immediate followup blow, but rather to wait and see what would happen after inflicting such a blow, in hopes that the settlement would simply abandon their homeland and move on elsewhere. However, English military doctrine did not call for reacting this way. For the next ten years, they marched out nearly every summer and made assaults on Powhatan settlements. -
Establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century.The colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company. -
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Pequot War
The Pequot War was a war between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies who were aided by their Native American allies. A lot of people were killed and some were captured and sold into slavery. -
Banishment of Roger Williams
Roger Williams was tried by the General Court in October of 1635 and he was convicted of sedition and heresy. The Court had decided that he was spreading "diverse, new and dangerous opinions." He was then ordered to be banished. -
Establishment of Rhode Island
Rhode Island was heavily involved in the slave trade during the post-Revolution era. In 1652 Rhode Island passed the first abolition law, banning slavery. -
Banishment of Anne Hutchinson
Anna Hutchinson had strong religious convictions which were at odds with the Puritan clergy. She helped create theological schism that threatend to destroy the Puritan's religious experiment. She was then later tried and convicted. She was also banished from the colony with many of her supporters. -
Fundamental Orders
The Fundamental Orders described the government set up, setting its structure and powers. -
Maryland Act of Toleration
The Maryland Act of Toleration was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. It was the second law requiring religious tolerance and created the first legal limitations on hate speech in the world. -
Navigation Laws
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies. The goal for these laws was to stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands. -
Barbados Slave Code
The Barbados Slave Code was a law passed by the colonial legislature because they wanted to provide a legal base for slavery. The laws purpose was to establish that black slaves would be treated as property in the island's court. -
Establishment of the Carolinas
The Carolinas were established in 1663. The Carolinas are both North Carolina and South Carolina put together. -
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King Philip's War
King Phillip's War was an armed conflict between Native Americans and English colonists. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in the Virgina Colony in North America. This Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon. The Rebellion started because a group of farmers demanded that American Indians needed to be driven out or killed. Governor Berkeley would not allow this so the farmers uprose. -
Penn's "Holy Experiment"
The "Holy Experiment" was an attempt by the Religious Society of Friends or (Quakers) to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania. They hoped it would show to the world how well they could function on their own without any persecution or dissension. -
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England in America was a union of English colonies. It was ultimately a failure because of how much land they had. It was going to be too hard for only one governor to handle. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening refers to the periods of religious rivals in history. These revivals were led by evangelical Protestant ministers. -
Establishment of Georgia
Georgia was one of the last thirteen original colonies established by Great Britain. General James Oglethorpe was granted to be the colony's corporate charter by George ll whom the colony was named after.
