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Roanoke
On August 1587, 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island. Later that year, Governor John White sailed back to England to gather supplies, and when he returned, no one was there. The settlers mysteriously disappeared! The only thing that remained was the word Croatoan carved into a tree.
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Jamestown
The Virginia Company of London founded Jamestown. Jamestown was founded because the settlers wanted a new future for future settlers.https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony
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Salutary Neglect
Prime minister Robert Walpole started the Salutary Neglect. The purpose of this was to relax the enforcement of strict regulations.
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/salutary-neglect/#:~:text=Salutary%20neglect%20was%20Britain's%20unofficial,early%20in%20the%20eighteenth%20centuries. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was important because it was the first English representative government. It was made for passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia.
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was when the Puritans left England because of religious issues and economic pursuits. John Winthrop, along with Thomas Dudley, led this.
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New York
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
This was a set of rules for self-governance by English settlers. William Brewster is usually given credit for making it.
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact#:~:text=It's%20unclear%20who%20wrote%20the,Mayflower%20Compact%20was%20Myles%20Standish. -
Massachusetts Bay colony
Massachusetts was an original settlement of the English. John Winthrop helped found it. It was intended to set up a society that would accord with what the believed to be God's wishes.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony
https://www.britannica.com/video/213443/Top-questions-answers-Massachusetts-Bay-Colony#:~:text=What%20was%20the%20purpose%20of,the%20Puritans'%20teachings%20were%20expelled. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded it in 1636. Rhode Island was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of power-driven textile mills.
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-05/#:~:text=Roger%20Williams%2C%20defender%20of%20religious,1631%2C%20aboard%20the%20ship%20Lyon.
https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island#:~:text=Rhode%20Island%20was%20founded%20by,separation%20of%20church%20and%20state. -
Maryland Toleration Act
It was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christians. George Calvert organized this.
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649#:~:text=1881%2C%20public%20domain)-,Long%20before%20the%20First%20Amendment%20was%20adopted%2C%20the%20assembly%20of,diverse%20persuasions%20in%20the%20colony. -
Bacon's Rebellion
In July of 1676, Bacon's Rebellion started. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion that was held by Virginia settlers. Nathaniel Bacon led this rebellion against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, because he refused Bacon's request to drive
the Native Americans out of Virginia.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a haven for his fellow Quakers. He asked the King to have land be granted to him for this.
https://tinyurl.com/yr6cays9
https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/pennsylvania#:~:text=Penn%20wanted%20to%20create%20a,officially%20proclaimed%20on%20April%202. -
Salem witch trials
The Salem Witch trials occurred in Massachusetts.200+ people were accused of practicing witchcraft. They were held because a group of girls in Salem Village, claimed to be possessed by the devil, and accused some women of witchcraft.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials#:~:text=The%20infamous%20Salem%20witch%20trials,several%20local%20women%20of%20witchcraft. -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment was a European philosophical movement also known as the Age of Reasons. Jonathon Edwards was one of the people who organized this movement.
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening#:~:text=culture%20at%20large.-,First%20Great%20Awakening,the%20world%2C%20while%20downplaying%20religon.
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan#:~:text=The%20Albany%20Plan%20of%20Union,American%20colonies%20adopted%20the%20plan. -
French-Indian War
The French an Indian War(aka: The Seven Years War) is called that because it went on for seven years. It all started when France's new expansions went into the Ohio River and created conflict with the British' claimed colonies.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains. It prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/proclamation-line-of-1763/#:~:text=The%20Proclamation%20Line%20of%201763,the%20French%20and%20Indian%20War. -
Maryland
Maryland was meant to be a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England. George Calvert founded Maryland.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-settlement-of-marylandhttps://sos.maryland.gov/mdkids/Pages/Maryland's-History.aspx#:~:text=George%20Calvert%2C%201st%20Baron%20Baltimore,%2C%20on%20June%2020%2C%201632. -
Connecticut
The colony of Connecticut was founded in 1636. Thomas Hooker helped found it. Connecticut was supposed to be a settlement for a Puritan congregation.
https://connecticuthistory.org/thomas-hooker-connecticuts-founding-father/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony#:~:text=It%20was%20organized%20on%20March,known%20as%20the%20Pequot%20War. -
Carolina
King Charles II established Maryland. Carolina was founded as a reward for their faithful support of his efforts to regain the throne of England.
https://www.ncpedia.org/carolina#:~:text=Carolina%20was%20a%20Proprietary%20colony,South%20Seas%20(Pacific%20Ocean).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina#:~:text=On%20March%2024%2C%201663%2C%20Charles,regain%20the%20throne%20of%20England.