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Jamestown was the first permanent colony founded in the new world. They settled right by water for access to many things.
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Slaves were brought over to Jamestown for the first time, and slavery had begun.
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Settlers came over and named a big rock Plymouth rock, and then settled near by the rock.
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Plymouth was struggling to provide food, and so they befriended the tribe, the Wampanoags. They taught them hunt, fish, and grow good crops.
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The puritans founded this community after they had come over from England. They wanted to build a religious community. -
This law was put in place to protect peoples religious freedoms in the colony.
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The puritans took over England and killed their leader. They claimed he had committed treason.
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These laws were put in place by Great Britain to control the colonies. This is now the start of the revolution.
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Bacon wanted to get Native Americans out of the colonies and the governor, Berkeley, told him no. Bacon then got a group together and set fire to Jamestown.
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Young girls in Massachusetts claimed that women in the colony were performing witch craft. This led to many deaths and tons of uproar in the colonies.