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Roanoke
“Lost Colony” of Roanoke have continued over the centuries, but no one has come up with a satisfactory answer. “Croatoan” was the name of an island south of Roanoke that was home to a Native American tribe of the same name. Perhaps, then, the colonists were killed or abducted by Native Americans.
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Jamestown
A group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies. Tobacco became Virginia’s first profitable export. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses granted supplies and originated laws, and the governor and council enjoyed the right of revision and veto as did the king and the House of Lords in England. The council also sat as a supreme court to review the county courts. This system remained unchanged until the American Revolution.
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The Great Puritan Migration
The Puritans left England primarily due to religious persecution but also for economic reasons as well. The puritans were a sect of religious dissidents who felt the Church of England was too closely associated with the Catholic religion. There were two different types of Puritans at the time separatists and non-separatists.(https://historyofmassachusetts.org/) -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists, fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. They traveled aboard the Mayflower along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants. The Pilgrims used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates. https://www.mayflowercompact.org/ -
The beginning Of New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. New York played a crucial political and strategic role during the American Revolution. millions of immigrants arrived in New York Harbor and passed through Ellis Island on their journey to becoming U.S citizens.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a charter colony. This meant that the administration of the colony was elected by the colonists and the colony was allowed to self-govern, as long as its laws aligned with those of England. The Massachusetts Bay Company, which was strongly Puritan, had been conducting business in the New World for a few years as the New England Company. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/history-of-the-massachusetts-bay-colony/ -
Maryland
King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land. The territory was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. Religious conflict was strong in ensuing years as the American Puritans, growing more numerous in Maryland and supported by Puritans in England. https://www.history.com/ -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams, who had been banished from the Massachusetts colony for his advocacy of religious tolerance and the separation of church and state. During the colonial period, Newport was a major hub for shipping and trade, Rhode Island was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of power-driven textile mills. https://www.history.com/ -
Maryland Toleration Act
The law made it a crime to blaspheme God, the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary, or the early apostles and evangelists. It also forbade one resident from referring to another’s religion in a disparaging way and it provided for honoring the Sabbath. Maryland was settled under a charter sought by George Calvert, who had established a previous colony in Newfoundland. https://www.mtsu.edu/ -
Salutary Neglect
The British government regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain. This “salutary neglect” contributed involuntarily to the increasing autonomy of colonial legal and legislative institutions, which ultimately led to American independence. -
Carolina https://www.historycentral.com/
King Charles II, gave a group of eight noblemen a large tract of land to the south of Virginia colony. They called the new colony "Carolina", the Latin form of Charles. The proprietors of the settlement set up a system of government that was called "the Fundamental Constitution of the Carolinas". One of the authors of the Constitution was John Locke. It provided for an independent parliament in the colony, which gave greater power to the owners of large lands. -
Bacons rebellion
At the time, wealthy settlers had built profitable tobacco plantations and used their crops to pay high colonial taxes. But for poorer Virginians, times were lean. Only people who owned land could vote, and the indentured servants and poorer Virginians who did not felt disenfranchised.
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Salem witch trials
A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. Belief in the supernatural–and specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty–had emerged in Europe as early as the 14th century, there punishment was being hanged. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials -
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Evangelists came from the ranks of several Protestant denominations, Congregationalists, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. They rejected what appeared to be sterile, formal modes of worship in favor of a vigorous emotional religiosity. New evangelical ministers spread a message of personal and experiential. Individuals could bring about their own salvation by accepting Christ, A welcome message for those who had felt excluded by traditional Protestantism. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
French-Indian War
The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire. Settlers of English extraction were in a preponderance in the coveted area, but French exploration, trade, and alliances with Native Americans predominated. https://www.britannica.com/event/French-and-Indian-War -
Proclamation of 1763, https://www.history.com/
After the conclusion of the French and Indian War in America, the British Empire began to tighten control over its rather autonomous colonies. In response to Pontiac’s Rebellion, a revolt of Native Americans led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers. This royal proclamation closed down colonial expansion westward beyond Appalachia. It was the first measure to affect all thirteen colonies. -
Pennsylvania https://www.history.com/
One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania’s capital, Philadelphia, was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses, the latter of which produced the Declaration of Independence, sparking the American Revolution. After the war, Pennsylvania became the second state, after Delaware, to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In the American Civil War Pennsylvania was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Connecticut
Machine manufacturing had become the dominant industries. Connecticut was a leading manufacturer of guns and other arms. Today Connecticut lies in the midst of the great urban-industrial complex.
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