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Roanoke
John returns to England finding his whole settlement gone. It is currently August 18th it was Virginia's third birthday. The only thing to the disappearance was the word "Croatoan" carved on a palisade that was built around the settlement. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted -
Jamestown
Jamestown was named after King James I and was the first surviving English settlement. Water surrounded the area on three sides and was very deep so the boats could be parked there. The location was good to fight off the Spanish.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown July 1619, it was the first assembly in the Americas. The meeting accomplished many things but there were an outbreak of malaria. The meeting had about 22 people that represented the constituencies. https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1151.html -
Great Migration
The great migration was a period in the 17th century the time when the English puritans migrated to New England. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/ -
Mayflower/ Plymouth/ Mayflower Compact
There was 41 English settlers that went onto the Mayflower to establish a new colony. They were not all Puritans but many brought families. They has a very rough winter, and many people died, but with the help of the Indians the pilgrims were able to survive.
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New York
The New York colony was one of the first colonies. It was founded by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. It was also a main place to trade.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Was settled by a group of Puritans from England which was located in Massachusetts. The Colony was the most successful colony. The colonists named the capital of Massachusetts Boston.
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Maryland
This colony was founded in 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and other colonists. Mary was different from the other colonies because it has free religion, and was not a Puritan society. They grew tobacco and cotton.
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Orgin of Connecticut
The colony was founded by Thomas Hooker. They were Puritans. They were one of the first 13 colonies.
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Rhode Island
The Rhode Island colony was founded by Roger Williams. Along with a lot of the other colonies, it was a Puritan society. Anne Hutchinson also was there, but she later left due to religious exile.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act gave more religious freedom, but it was not completely free. This was the beginning of having religious freedom throughout America. It still made people say things that they did not believe.
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Carolina
Carolina was created for trade especially in trade of slaves and sugar. Lord Clarendon, Sir William Berkley, Sir George Carteret, and four others were the ones that settled and governed the new territory. According to the picture below it was first settled by the English in 1670.
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Bacon's Rebellion
The rebellions took place in Jamestown, Virginia. The rebellion was against two wealthy settlers, who had conflict because one man wanted to fight against the Indians, while the other did not.
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Pennysylvania Colony
The Pennsylvania colony was founded by William Penn and others. The colony had religious freedom. There was warm summers and mild winters, which made Quakers want to stay and farm. https://www.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm -
Salem witch trials
The witch trials were when young girls were accused of being possessed by the devil. This caused a mass hysteria, and happened in a Puritan society. Many people were accused of being witches..https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials -
Salutary Neglect
The trade regulations was said to be lax and needed to be fixed. Salutary Neglect was when the British enforced supervision of trade, which made many colonists mad. This started the path to the Revolutionary War.
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The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
A Yale minister Johnathan Edwards was concerned with the way New Englanders were thinking more of worldly matters than religion, so he started preaching about the word of God. Many people wanted to hear him speak and came from all over to hear him. This spread around the British American colonies and was known as the Great Awakening.
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Albany Plan
The Albany plan was to include the colonists of North America more into the centralized government. In the end, the plan did not go through and the North American colonists continued to not be included in the government. Even though this plan did not work out it did help out as a model for future attempt at a union.
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French-Indian-War
It is also known as the 7 year war, and was a struggle between France and British. It was from 1756 to 1763. During this time a peace treaty was made to help the American colonies to strengthen their power.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an agreement of the British to give land to the Indians after the French-Indian War. The proclamation stated that citizens could not purchase land from the Indians. The Indians could do whatever they pleased to do though.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
