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Roanoke
"The English attempted to create a colony at Roanoke after Jamestown and Plymouth. It had disappeared within 3 years. It left a mystery behind and no one knows what happened."
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House of Burgesses
"The House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. When Washington was elected, it mostly was made up of man landowners.The House was presided over by a Speaker and functions were carried out by committees." http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/house-of-burgesses/ -
Mayflower
"A merchant ship set sail from Plymouth. This ship was called the Mayflower. People we refer to as pilgrims are people that crossed the Atlantic." http://www.history.com/topics/mayflower-compact -
Great Migration
"The Great Puritan Migration was a period in the 17th century during which English puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake and the West Indies.English migration to Massachusetts consisted of a few hundred pilgrims who went to Plymouth. They left due to religious persecution".http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
New York
"The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624, they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. New York played a crucial political and strategic role during the American Revolution" http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
"1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. They established a theocracy. By the mid 1640s, they grew to 20,000." https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Maryland
"While Maryland indeed became a safe place for persecuted Catholics to settle. Many Protestants and Puritans left other colonies to settle there. During colonial times, many people moved to the colonies because of religious intolerance and persecution"http://www.smplanet.com/teaching/colonialamerica/colonies/maryland -
Connecticut
"The Connecticut Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. It joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain . it was founded by Thomas Hooker." https://www.landofthebrave.info/connecticut-colony.htm -
Rhode Island
"Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636. He had been banished from the Massachusetts colony for his advocacy of religious tolerance and the separation of church and state. Newport was a major hub for shipping and trade. " http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island -
Maryland Toleration Act
It didn't bring complete religious freedom. "The act was a pragmatic solution to a serious problem. The Catholics originally Catholic Maryland had become a minority of the population although still powerful politically." http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-maryland-toleration-act-1649.php -
Carolina
"In the colony’s first fifty years, North Carolina’s settlers faced corrupt officials, violent rebellion, Indian war, isolation, disease, hurricanes, and pirates." It grew slowly. It then grew into complex communities. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/ -
Bacon's Rebellion
"Mercantilism caused problems for the Virginians.Bacon was intelligent and eloquent.Bacon was captured, taken before Berkeley and council and was made to apologize for his previous actions." https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania
"Pennsylvania was inhabited by many Indian tribes. William Penn under the Great Seal on January 5, 1681, founded Pennsylvania. Within a few days, Penn made a treaty with the Leni Lenape to purchase his grant of land from them." http://www.ushistory.org/pennsylvania/pennsylvania.html -
Salutary Neglect
"This allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade. There were no effective enforcement agencies. it boosted their profits from trade."https://www.landofthebrave.info/salutary-neglect.htm -
Salem Witch Trials
"Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692. A group of young girls pretended to be possessed. This now created mass hysteria." http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
the great awakening
"In the 1730s, a religious revival swept through the British American colonies. Jonathan Edwards was the Yale minister who refused to convert to the Church of England. He spoke with such fury and conviction that people flocked to listen." http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.Albany Plan was the first important proposal. It was never carried out. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
French- Indian War
"When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies. Throughout this period, the British military effort was hampered by lack of interest at home. Rivalries at home also affected it." http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
proclamation of 1763
"In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation. A desire for good farmland caused many colonists to defy the proclamation. it was introduced as a temporary measure." http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of -
Jamestown
"About a 100 settlers created the Virginia Company. They founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine and disease destroyed them." http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown
