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Roanoke
A small colony named Roanoke was founded in 1587 by the guy named John White. Roanoke is a lost colony down on a small island right next to North America. john White went back to England but a war was going on so he come back to Roanoke and finds no one www.history.com -
Jamestown
Jamestown is Known for being the first permanent settlement in North America. Jamestown was founded by the London Company and the English back in 1607. www.history.com -
the house of burgesses
The House of Burgesses, a representative assembly in colonial Virginia. The house was founded by the guy named Governor George Yeardley in 1619. The house of burgesses was created because the citesins needed help passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown. www.history.com -
mayflower/ Plymouth/ Mayflower
The Mayflower set sail on the big blue ocean from Southampton, England, for North America on August 15, 1620. There were 102 passengers (aka pilgrims) on the mayflower and only one of them died. This was so important because it was the first document to establish self government in the new world. Britannicahttps://www.britannica.com -
New York
The Dutch were the first people to find New York back in 1624. A lot of people wanted to go to New York because it had a lot of natural resources, agricultural land, coal, furs, forestry (timber), and iron ore. history.com -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first English charted colony that was independent and wasn't controlled by England. John Winthrop and his 1000 Puritans were the first people to settle the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630. Massachusetts bay colony included parts from New England and in Boston and Salem. The reason for making this colony was to set up a society that would accord with what they believed to be God's wishes. history.com -
Maryland Toleration Act
The toleration Act demonstrated that the idea of a "comprehensive” Church of England had been abandoned and that hope lay only in toleration of division. Cecil Calvert wrote the Maryland Toleration Act. The act was written to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. The act was made in St. Mary's City in St. Mary's County, Maryland. -
bacon's rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion that started with the Virginia settlers that stated in 1676 and ended in 1676 or 1677. It started because Berkeley refused Bacon's request to kick out Native Americans out of Virginia. history.com -
Salem witch trials
Down in Massachusetts Salem many of the people were convinced that there were witch in there town. They started these trials back in 1692 and ended them in 1693. they started these trials because a group of young girls in Salem Village claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. When they trialed the "witches" they would 1,is they had enough prof they would hang them. 2,they would see if you could float on water and if they do they are a witch.
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America. Some Christians were gloating with their methods of worship,and some were negative with how wealth and rationalism were dominating culture. England, Scotland,and Germany were the places that took place in the great awakening. Jonathan Edwards was first person to start. -
French Indian War
The French claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley. They wanted to trade with the American Indians and have the area all to themselves. The British also claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley and that is why they fought. This fight lasted seven years.They fought New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, and Nova Scotia. -
Albany plan
Ben Franklin started the Albany plan in 1754.
The Albany Plan was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a better government. This started in Albany New York.The Albany Plan gave the Grand Council to have more power over everyone. history.com -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal document that set out guidelines for European settlement of non original territories in North America. King George the 3rd was the person to start this proclamation. The Proclamation of 1763 was made to calm down Native Americans and the European settlers. This was made in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was an unofficial British policy not enforcing trade regulations on the American colonies. The prime minister Robert Walpole was on elf the people to start the Salutary Neglect. The purpose was to make economic production better amongst the colonists while maintain some type of control. This all happened in Massachusets. -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded in 1776. Rhode Island became first colony to declare independence from England. Rhode Island is surrounded Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Roger Williams was the first to find Rhode Island. -
Maryland
George Calvert was the first person to find Maryland in 1776. The reason they founded Maryland because they needed a safe haven for English Catholics fleeing anti-Catholic persecution in Europe.
Home to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland is known for its blue crabs and the city of Baltimore, a major historic trading port, baseball power and birthplace of the national anthem. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify in the constitution in America in 1787. It was the first state to last through the opposition of the anti-federalist. James Wilson was very important to this act. -
Connecticut
Connecticut is one of the original 13 colonies and on Jan 9th 1788 Connecticut became a state. Benedict Arnold, aka “traitor” after he conspired with the British to turn over the post at West Point in exchange for money and a command in the British Army, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. In 1781, he led British troops in the Battle of Grotto Heights, which devastated New London. -
Carolina
North Carolina ratified the Constitution and became the twelfth state in the Union. This is very important to make the strong commitment of North Carolinians to individual freedoms. Roanoke Island was the place the place this started. John Huske played a big part in this. -
great migration
The Great Puritan Migration was so important for a whole lot of people because some people wanted to get away from slavery. Some wanted to practice religious freedom. Over 20,000 English men, women and children went on the trip. history.com