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Roanoke
In 1557 117 men, women and children went to Roanoke island to establish a permanent English settlement in the new world. 3 Years later when the English came to bring supplies they found a deserted island with no sign of the colonists. https://www.thelostcolony.org/ -
Jamestown
The Jamestown colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America. The Jamestown colony was founded by the London Company. -
House of Burgesses
The house of Burgesses was the first legislative and democratic government in America. The house of Burgesses granted supplies and originated laws. https://www.worldhistory.org/House_of_Burgesses/ -
Great Migration
The Great Migration is the migration in the period of English Puritans to Massachusetts,and the Caribbean, especially Barbados. They came in groups with family rather than as individuals and were mainly motivated for freedom and to practice their beliefs. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first document to establish self government in the new world. The Mayflower was an English ship that brought a group of English families, known as pilgrims, from England to the new world in 1620. Plymouth was first settled by pilgrims on the Mayflower, and it was the first permanent English colony in New England. -
New York
The Dutch first settled alongside the Hudson River in 1624 and formed the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664 the English took control of the land and renamed it to what it is now known as New York. -
Maryland
George Calvert was the founder of the Maryland colony. The colony of Maryland was founded in 1632. The Maryland colony was the first colony to outlaw the use of slave and indentured labor. -
Rhode Island
The founder of the Rhode Island colony was Roger Williams. Rhode Island was an English colony from 1636 to 1707 and a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776. The colony was founded in 1636. -
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker founded the Connecticut colony after dissenting with puritan leaders in Massachusetts bay.The English permanently gained control of the region in 1637. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration act was an act to ensure the freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion started when a grab for Native American land got denied.This was the first armed uprising against English in the British colonies in North America. -
Pennsylvania
The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn on March 4th 1681. The colony of Pennsylvania was a British North American colony. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials of people accused of practicing witch craft. To determine whether or not they they were a witch they would place them in the water; if they float they were a with, if they did not they were not a witch. -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a time when people realized the importance of religion when it was starting to become less important. The enlightenment was a time when people wanted to change how the world was and tried to make it happier and not such a dark world. -
French-Indian War
The French-Indian War was a war over whether or not the upper Ohio River valley was part of the British Empire, or the French Empire. -
Albany Plan
The Albany plan was a plan that would have the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10th 1754 some representatives from 7 British North American colonies adopted the plan. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was a proclamation where all land that would be bought could only be purchased by the government officials in a public meeting. -
The Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect was an unwritten policy of the British government that allowed North American colonies to to be left on their own with very little British interference. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first English chartered colony that its governors did not live in England. John Winthrop was the founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony. -
Carolina
The Colony of Carolina was a province of England from 1663 to 1707, and a province of Britain from 1707 to 1712.