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Roanoke
A group of 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke island. The governor, John White, went back England to get supplies. Once he sailed back to Roanoke the whole colony had vanished and no one knows exactly why. -
Jamestown
A group of 100 members of a venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610. http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown -
House of Burgesses
This was the first legislative assembly made of elected representatives in North America. It was made in effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America to improve living conditions. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/House_of_Burgesses -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 English colonists on the Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written work of government established in the current United States. -
New York
The English took over the colony from the Dutch in 1664. After this it was renamed from New Amsterdam to New York to honor the Duke of York. New York passed to English control, and English and Dutch settlers lived together peacefully. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york -
Massachusetts Bay colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Great Migration
This was the Puritan migration to New England. They migrated to escape from conditions that had grown intolerable at home. It was rooted in the Renaissance period. http://colebrookhistoricalsociety.org/PDF%20Images/English%20Immigration%20to%20Massachusetts%20Bay.pdf -
Maryland
The Maryland Colony was founded by Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore and others in 1633 at Baltimore. The Maryland Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. https://www.landofthebrave.info/maryland-colony.htm -
Connecticut
The man credited as the founder of Connecticut is Thomas Hooker. This land became an English colony in 1633. The new Connecticut colonists used Massachusetts' civil and "ecclesiastical" law to set up their government. https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Rhode Island was a prosperous colony by the time of the American Revolution with its fertile soil and harbors. https://www.thoughtco.com/rhode-island-colony-103880 -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-maryland-toleration-act-1649.php -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the unofficial, long-term seventeenth-and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. https://www.britannica.com/topic/salutary-neglect -
Carolina
In 1663, Charles II was king of England. He gave the land south of Virginia to eight proprietors. These men founded the Carolina colony. They named it after the king’s father, Charles I. -
Bacon's Rebellion
This was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the ruling ways of Governor William Berkeley. Gov. Berkeley became disliked by farmers and frontiersmen by imposing higher taxes, low tobacco prices, and restrictions on the right to vote. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h521.html -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The Province of Pennsylvania was an English colony in North America that existed from 1682 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. https://www.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. This resulted in mass hysteria and the killing of many innocent lives who were accused of being witches. http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
In the 1700s, a European philosophical movement called the Enlightenment went across America. The Enlightenment challenged the role of religion and divine right and this helped Colonial America to see that it was possible to challenge the King and divine right. http://historyrocket.com/American-History/The-Great-Awakening-And-Enlightenment-In-Colonial-America.html -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
French-Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years’ War. A series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. the French-Indian war lasted from 1756 to 1763. http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
Proclomation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued in response to a revolt of Native Americans on October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America.
