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Roanoke was founded in 1587 by sir walter raleigh and his people consisting of 100 people. they lived there because they were wanting to find new lands for new materials. john white left Roanoke to get more materials because they ran out and when he tried to get back he couldn't for three years because of war. when he tried to get back he didn't have the finds so he never got to get back to his family.
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The colony got off to a very rough start because everyone was looking for gold instead of farming and making food. only 38 of 150 settlers survived the first winter. the settlement was built on a swamp. the men refused to work.
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the mayflower held around 100 puritans and 35 pilgrims that settled in Plymouth. The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.
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The dutch called it New Netherlands but it is now known as New York. it was founded by Henry Hudson when he explored it in 1624. It was a middle colony.
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The Massachusetts bay colony was settled by the English and it was on the east coast. It was a really good place for trade. the capital was Boston.
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Maryland was settled by lord Baltimore and a bunch of his catholic followers. when he died his son Cecil took over. the toleration act of 1649 made it so there was religious freedom in Maryland.
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The founder of Connecticut is Thomas Hooker in 1633. There were a bunch of fur traders that traveled and settled there. the main people that lived there were puritans that love fur trading.
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Rhode island was a New England colony that was settled by Roger Williams. roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts bay colony for speaking out against the government and that is how he stumbled across Rhode island.
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the great puritan migration happened during the 17th century they migrated from England to America. this took place from 1640 to 1642. it was led by the puritan lawyer John Winthrop.
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the house of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia. it was founded governor George Yeardley. it was founded in 1643.
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To make sure that the rights of Catholics were protected, Maryland's government passed the Toleration Act of 1649. The act made it illegal to prevent any Christian from practicing his or her religion and imposed fines for those who broke the law.
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The Carolina was settled by 8 supporters of king Charles the 2nd in 1663. it was a very easy place to trade out of and they traded mainly rice,indigo, and tobacco. tobacco became a big cash crop for them and they focused on that.
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The rebellion took place in 1676 and the leader was Nathaniel bacon. it was to rebel against the rule of governor William Berkeley. it was put together by a group of unauthorized people consisting of slaves, farmers, and townsfolk.
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it was founded by William Penn in 1682. the colony is a middle colony and was established as a "Holy Experiment". every male settler received 50 acres of land and the right to vote.
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it was a wave that started when girls were parting in the woods and they ate bread that contained LSD. They were having hallucinating and everyone thought it was witch craft. 150 people were imprisoned for being "witches".
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The revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as adherents strove to renew individual piety and religious devotion. it was a revival of Christians.
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It was a plan to to create a unified government in the colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin and a delegate from Pennsylvania. It failed because all the colonies were scared of losing their self governments.
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the war was over land and after the war was all over with the Britain's won a huge amount of land. That was good for them but the Indians weren't to happy about loosing. It ended in 1763.
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in 1763 north america issued the proclamation of 1763 which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. it was a royal proclamation that happened after a British war.
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Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole , to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries.
