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Roanoke
English settlement in modern-day Virginia found mysteriously abandoned. Reason for disappearance of settlers still unknown; most likely cause is Native American attack.http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm -
Jamestown
First permanent settlement in Virginia that made prosperous contributions to the English economy.
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Mayflower Compact
First attempt at written law in the Americas signed by 41 people on the Mayflower.
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Great Migration
Period of time when over 20,000 English settlers came to the New World.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Established by over 1000 Puritan refuges from England.
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Rhode Island
Colony founded in 1636. Smallest of the 13 British colonies. Founded as a religious haven. http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island -
Connecticut
Originally discovered by the Dutch, Connecticut was first permanently settled in 1633 by the English. Played pivotal role in the Revolutionary War.
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Maryland
Settled by English Catholics and Puritans. These groups would contest for power in the years to come.
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House of Burgesses
Virginian group of representatives. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/House_of_Burgesses -
Maryland Toleration Act
Passed to resolve a conflict between Puritans and Catholics in the Maryland colony. It stated that there was to be religious freedom for all who believed in the Trinity. http://m.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.html -
New York
Originally settled by the Dutch forty years earlier, this is the year the English conquered the colony known as New Amsterdam and made it their own, laying the foundations for what would become New York.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon against the Virginian governor Sir William Berkeley. Bacon wanted to bring down all of the Native Americans, including the ones allied to Berkeley. This led to a war between Berkeley loyalists and Bacon loyalists.
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Pennsylvania
A colony founded as a religious haven for Quakers, the group that Pennsylvania's founder, Wialliam Penn, belonged to. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-history/1681-1776.html -
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Salem Witch Trials
Series of fraudulent and false trials and convictions that took place in Salem, Massachusetts. Many people were executed over the course of them. Motive was mass hysteria.http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
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The Carolinas
These two colonies consisted mainly of farmers from neighboring colonies. The lone Carolina colony had separate distinctions among those in it, so when they eventually separated later on into their own unique colonies, they prospered.
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Great Awakening
Religious movent in the British American colonies based around fear of damnation. Proponents like Jonathan Edwards made the Great Awakening last several decades.
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Salutary Neglect
Term that refers to Britain's attitude towards colonial trade: if the trades the colonies made were helping and in the name of the crown, then their regulations would be less enforced.
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Albany Plan of Union
Though this plan was plan was never enacted, it was the first attempt by the British North American colonies to unite themselves under one central government.
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French-Indian War
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French-Indian War
War between the French and British over land expansion.
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Proclamation of 1763
Decree from the crown that attempted to lower tensions with the Native Americans, since the Seven Years' War heightened them. Unfortunately, this decree was very underhanded to the settlers, fueling even more the already tense feelings towards the royalty.
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