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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was also known as the Lost Colony, it was established on Roanoke Island in what is today's Dare County, North Carolina. England attempted to establish it as a permanent settlement. The colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Jamestown
Jamestown Colony was established by the Virginia Company in 1607. It was lead by Captain John Smith. Pocahontas helped the setters not be killed by Indians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia -
Salutary Neglect
British policy of avoiding enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient to England. -
House of Burgesses
It was an assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House was established by the Virginia Company, who created the body as part of an effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America and to make conditions in the colony more agreeable for its current inhabitants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses -
Mayflower compact
The Mayflower compact was the first self-government plan in the colonies and it pledged that the decisions would be made by the will of the majority of the colony's men. -
New York
New York was "founded" as a city in 1624 because the Dutch needed a trading outpost for beaver pelts and the city had a great and strategically located port. The British took New Amsterdam almost by force in 1664 and renamed it New York City after the brother of the King of England, the Duke of York. www.answers.com/Q/Why_was_New_York_founded -
Great Migration
Around 20,000 English puritans migrated to America to escape religious persecution. They wanted to fix the church but the Catholic's wouldn't let them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620–1640) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 because of relgious reasons. It was funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/history-of-the-massachusetts-bay-colony/ -
Connecticut
Thomas hooker led one hundred settlers from Rhode Island to set up a new colony in Connecticut. These new settlers rejected the autocratic rule of the Puritans in Massachusetts. www.answers.com/Q/Who_founded_Connecticut -
Maryland Toleration Act
It gave religious freedom to all christians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Toleration_Act -
Bacon's rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials happened because a group of girls in Massachusetts decided to dance in the forest. Many of them became sick and everyone blamed witchery and many innocent people died. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials -
Great Awakening
It was series of religious movements that swept through the colonies and Britain. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/great-awakening -
French-Indian War
Two European imperialists fight over land and made the debut of George Washington. The Indians fought with the British against the French. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan created a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania,. This took place in Albany, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan -
Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.html -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was established by William Penn as a Holy Experiment where every male got land and could vote. He was a Quaker and Pennsylvania became a haven for Quakers. It was a middle Colony. http://www.ushistory.org/pennsylvania/pennsylvania.html -
Maryland
Maryland was a southern Colony established as a proprietary Colony. The Toleration Act of 1649 was granted there and it gave religious freedom to everyone. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-settlement-of-maryland -
Carolina
Carolina was established by eight supporters of King Charles II. Cash crops were big there causing there to be 2 slaves for every 1 european settler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carolinas -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was established by Roger Williams after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking out against government authorities punishing religious dissention. It was a New England Colony. https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island
