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Roanoke
Roanoke was a group of about 115 settlers. John White sailed back to England and by the time he returned back to his colony of Roanoke the entire group was gone. He found no traces of the colony besides the word "Croatoan" carved into a wooden post. Croatoan was an island near Roanoke so many speculated that the colony could've been abducted or killed by some Native Americans. -
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California
California was first settled by various Native Californian tribes before being explored by a number of European explorers during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its successful war for independence but was taken by the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. -
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Jamestown
Jamestown was America's first permanent colony. In Virginia in 1607, cultural encounters were sparked that helped shape the nation and the world. The government, language, customs, and many other things of these early Virginians are all part of the United States’ modern heritage. -
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The Mayflower
The Mayflower was a merchant ship that normally was used for transporting goods but this time it contained passengers.40 of these passengers were Protestant Separatists. They called themselves “Saints”. They hoped to establish a church in the New World. They are often called the pilgrims. -
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first English settlements in present day Massachusetts. It was settled in 1630 by a group of 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Governor John Winthrop and Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley. -
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Connecticut
Most of Connecticut was originally part of the Dutch colony New Netherlands, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers. The first major settlements were established in the 1630's by the English. Thomas Hooker his followers overland from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded the Connecticut Colony. -
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House of Burgesses
Jamestown stayed the capital of the Virginia colony until 1699 when it was moved to the College of William & Mary, and later to the Colonial Capital building in Williamsburg. In 1776 the colony became the independent Commonwealth of Virginia and the House of Burgesses became the House of Delegates. -
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part in. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was one of the 13 original founding states of the United States. It was founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn. Part of Pennsylvania, along with Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden. It was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12, 1787. -
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 when a group of girls were accused of being possessed by the devil and accused women of witchcraft. This began widespread hysteria throughout Salem and the surrounding areas. -
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious movement that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s. The movement came when secular religion was rationalized, and passion for religion had become old to the people. Christian preachers began to travel from town to town and would preach the gospel to the towns people to spread the word of God. -
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Ben Franklin in 1754. -
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French-Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756 to 1763. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. Both sides were supported by military units and by American Indian allies. -
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Proclamation Of 1763
After the French and Indian War, in 1763, the British issued a proclamation,with the hopes to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers and citizens in their lands. -
Rhode Island
In May of 1776, the Colony of Rhode Island was the first of the Thirteen Colonies to take away its allegiance to the British Crown, and it was the fourth of the newly independent states to ratify the Articles of Confederation on February 9, 1778 -
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was a policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were enforced and supervision of colonial affairs was not strict as long as the colonies stayed loyal to the British government and gave back to the economy of Britain. -
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970.