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Roanoke
Gov. John White left about a hundred people at the Roanoke settlement to return to England for supplies. Everyone he had left behind had misteriously vanished by the time he had returned. There was no sign of struggle and the only evidence left was the word “croaton” carved into a tree. http://www.roanokeva.gov/934/History -
Jamestown
Jamestown Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown "is where the British Empire began". It was established by the Virginia colony on May 4, 1607 and was called James Fort. it was briefly abandoned in 1610 and has been considered permanent ever since. (http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown) -
House of Burguesses
On July 30, 1619 Virginia Gov. George Yeardley the first colonial North American representative legislative body, the House of Burgesses. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp) -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower took 41 settlers to start a new colony. Many were puritans and had brought their families. The first winter they lost half of their population and without the help of natives they wouldn't have survived. (http://www.mayflowercompact.org/) -
New York
New York colony was a British colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America. This colony was founded by James, the Duke of York. (https://www.thoughtco.com/new-york-colony-103878) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. -
Great Migration
Around 80,000 people left England, around 20,000 people migrated to Ireland, New England, the West Indies and the Netherlands. (https://www.greatmigration.org/) -
Maryland
Founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists, in 1633, this colony was already different from the rest. It had free religion and was not a puritan society. tobacco and cotton were farmed here. (https://www.landofthebrave.info/maryland-colony.htm) -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636. Anne Hutchison was among one of the citizens but later left due to religious exile. Rhode Island was also a Puritan society. (https://www.thoughtco.com/rhode-island-colony-103880) -
Connecticut
The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony in North America the later became the state of Connecticut. It was established as a colony for a Puritan congregation. Thomas Hooker established the colony. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony) -
Maryland Toleration Act
This act was the beginning of more religious freedom throughout America. Although people weren't entirely free it was a start. People were still forced to say things they did not believe in. (http://www.uscivilliberties.org/legislation-and-legislative-action/4106-maryland-toleration-act-1649.html) -
Carolina
Lord Clarendon, William Berkley, Sir George Carteret, and about four others founded the Carolinas along with governing it. it was mainly created for the trade of slaves and sugar. (http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/carolinas.htm) -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion against Gov. Berkeley. Bacon's followers used the rebellion as an effort to gain recognition of the shared interests among all social classes of the colony in protecting the "commonalty" and advancing its welfare. (https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm) -
Pennsylvania
Founded by William Penn and other colonists in 1682 Pennsylvania was a religiously free colony. Many Quakers lived here because of that fact. (https://www.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm) -
Salem Witch Trials
A group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. A wave of mass hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court in Salem was in charge of hearing the cases. The first convicted witch was hung that June. Eighteen others followed, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. (http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials) -
Salutary Neglect
the Salutary Neglect was a British enforced supervision of trade. Many colonists were infuriated by this. It also begun the path to the Revolutionary war. -
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
A Yale minister, Jonathan Edwards, spread this concept around the British and American colonies because he refused to convert to the new ways. He was becoming became worried that New Englanders were too concerned with worldly matters. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp) -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was a plan for the creation a unified government for the 13 colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, NY. (http://www.constitution.org/bcp/albany.htm) -
French-Indian War
The French-Indian War turned the British colony against the colony of New France. Both were supported by their own countries along with American Indian allies. The French colonies had roughly 60,000 settlers, the British had 2 million. The French depended greatly on the Indians. They declared war on one another following months of localized conflict, this escalated the war. (http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war) -
The Proclamantion of 1763
This was an agreement that the British would give land to the Indians after the French-Indian war. the Indians then could do whatever they wanted to do with the land. (http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/proclamation-of-1763.html)
