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The British's first attempt at a settlement, however, when their governor, John White, returned 3 years later, the town had been deserted with the only trace being the word "croatoan" carved into a nearby tree.
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The first permanent English settlement on north america. The English barely survived the first winter, but the native Powhatan tribe helped teach them how to survive in the elements of north america.
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Governor George Yeardley upon his arrival in Virginia, had decided that they were to form a legislative assembly, instead of Martial law. This was the first legislator in the american colonies.
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Puritans left England and came to north america to find religious freedom, which was not available in England. These people are mostly recognized as the Pilgrims. Just about 21,000 emigrants had moved from England by 1642.
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The first self government plan in the colonies, set in place by the pilgrims aboard the mayflower.
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Settled by the Puritans, governed by John Winthrop.
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King Charles II granted a charter to George Calvert in 1632. Maryland soon became a place of religious freedom for all the new settlers under the wishes of George Calvert's son, Leonard Calvert. https://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/maryland_history.php
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Started when the dutch began to settle around the Connecticut river and began a trading post. Once the population became dense in Boston, people moved out of Massachusetts and into Connecticut.
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Founded by Roger Williams, after he was banished from the puritans of Massachusetts.
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Granted Religious freedom and demanded respect for others beliefs, and provided for honoring the sabbath. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/868/maryland-toleration-act-of-1649
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Part of the southern colonies, the economy is mostly focused on cash crops and trade.
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The dutch first settled the area in 1624, naming it New Amsterdam, but the Duke of York sent a battle ship in 1664 and took British control, renaming it New York. It soon became a crucial part of the triangular trade.
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Bacon and his 200-man militia attacked friendly natives to spite his cousin, the governor of Virginia.
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King Charles II granted a charted to William Penn in 1681. Most of the settlers were Quakers, like Penn.
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A wave of mass hysteria that fell over a town in Massachusetts. 19 people were killed, another 150 were accused of witchcraft.
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Also known as the age of reason, religion became much less of a focus in life, as people shifted towards science and logic.
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A plan to unify the colonies in English control under a more central government. This was never carried out, but was what got the gears turning to unify the colonies.
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Began in 1754, and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763. The result of territory tension between the French and the British.
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The proclamation of 1763 was established after the french Indian war, and did not allow colonists to settle west of Appalachia.
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A policy set in place by the prime minister, Robert Walpole, that relaxed regulations on the colonies, mostly on trade laws.
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/salutary_neglect
