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Roanoke was founded in 1585 as an attempt to to establish a permanent North American settlement with the purpose of harassing Spanish shipping, mining for gold and silver, discovering a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and Christianizing the Indians. Roanoke was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. -
Jamestown is a historic city in Virginia. Jamestown was home to the first permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown includes the remains of the 18th- Century Ambler Mansion. -
The Great Puritan Migration happend between 1620 and 1640. The english migration was a period where about 13000 to 21000 people migrated to the 13 colonies -
The Mayflower was the ship that brought the pilgrims over from England. This ship was important because these were the people who established the first real settlement in North America. -
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624 and created the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the colony and renamed it New York. -
The Province of Maryland also known as the colony of Maryland. Was a place that the Catholics went to have a safe place to live because there is no anti-Catholic persecution. -
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams. Rhode Island was a place of religious freedom. Rhode Island was one of the 13 colonies. -
The House of Burgesses was created as an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This was the first democratically elected legislated body in North America. -
The Maryland toleration was threw first instance of separation of church and the state. -
Bacon’s Rebellion was one of the most serious challenge to royal authority before the American Revolution. bacons rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley would not let Bacon drive all the Indians out of Virginia. -
Pennsylvania was a diversified population that included Quakers, Germans, and African slaves. Pennsylvania was a pioneer of the abolish of slavery. -
The Massachusetts Bay Colony also known as the colony of Massachusetts bay. This colony was a charter colony. The purpose was to establish a settlement in between the Charles River and the Merrimack River in New England and making trades. -
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, only 19 of them were executed by hanging. -
The Carolina colony was like the other colonies. They were known for their cash crops sent to England. -
The Great Awakening was lots of protestant Revivalism in the 18 hundreds -
The Albany plan of union was a rejected plan to make a unified Government over the 13 colonies. The plan was created by Benjamin Franklin. -
The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Year’s War. This war was fought between the French and the Indians. This war was fought because the Indians wanted to maintain their land and their culture. The French gained control of the Ohio river valley. They wanted to trade with the Indians a maintain control of the land. -
The proclamation of 1763 was a British made boundary line. The line was in the Appalachian Mountains at the eastern continental divide. -
The salutary neglect was the unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade. -
Connecticut was one of the 13 colonies. Connecticut played a active role in the American revolution