Colonial America

By Galaxo_550

  • Roanoke

    Roanoke
    What: First permanent English colony in North America
    Who: Sir Walter Raleigh
    Why: Settlers inexplicably disappeared
    Where: Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    What: First permanent English settlement
    Where: Virginia
    Who: London Company
    Why: To permanently live in New England Important events: Starving Time, left 60 of 214 settlers alive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia

  • Puritan Migration

    Puritan Migration
    What: Puritan Migration to New England
    Who: King James I and Charles I, Puritans
    Why: Religious climate being unpromising
    Where: New England, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%931640)

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    What: First governing document of the colony
    Where: Plymouth Colony
    Who: Men aboard the Mayflower
    Why: They were dissatisfied with the King's church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Massachusetts Bay Colony
    What: An English colony around Massachusetts
    Where: Massachusetts. Where do you think it is?
    Who: Massachusetts Bay Company
    Why: Company's second attempt at a colony It covered much of central New England, including parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses
    What: A group of people that created laws
    Who: Virginia Company
    Why: To pass laws in early Colonial America
    Where: Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion
    What: Armed rebellion against Governor William Berkeley
    Where: Virginia
    Who: Virginia Settlers, Nathaniel Bacon
    Why: Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native Americans

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials
    What: A sequence of people accused of witchcraft
    Where: Colonial Massachusetts
    Who: People found guilty of witchcraft
    Why: Witchcraft was illegal there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan
    What: A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies
    Where: Albany, New York
    Who: Benjamin Franklin
    Why: Increased instances of disagreeing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan

  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War
    What: A theater of the Seven Years' War
    Where: North America
    Who: British America, New France, Iroquois
    Why: Great Britain declared war on France