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Roanoke
John White, the governor returns to the island colony of Roanoke in present day North Carolina. Everyone has mysteriously vanished. Present day theories say that after a severe drought, the Roanoke colonists left the colony to join the Indian tribe of the Croatans.
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Jamestown
One hundred English settlers crossed the Atlantic to make the first permanent English settlement. Famine, disease, and war with Indians almost eradicated them almost immediately in their first two years. Under John Rolfes' leadership, they flourished.
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House of Burgesses
During the time of Jamestown, A house of representatives came together. their goal, to make local government in Virginia more responsive to the colonists. And yet, anything they did could be vetoed by London's directors. But because of this house, it's idea became acceptable.
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Plymouth
About 100 English men and women sailed from England to form a permanent settlement in America. The Mayflower, a three mast merchant ship, landed at Plymouth rock and anchored. Within five years, the pilgrims had established peace treaties with the Indian tribes around them and built a self sufficient colony.
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New York
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. New York City, the largest city in the state, is home to the New York Stock Exchange and is a major international economic center.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island, the Ocean State, is about forty eight miles long, and thirty seven wide, making it the smallest US state. During the colonial times, Rhode Island was known for it's shipping and trade. In the nineteenth century, it was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance. It was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies and created one of the pioneer statutes passed by the legislative body of an organized colonial government to guarantee any degree of religious liberty.
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Carolina
The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. Combining North Carolina's population of 10,042,802 and South Carolina's of 4,896,146, the Carolinas have a population of 14,938,948 as of 2015. The province, named Carolina to honor King Charles I of England, was divided into two colonies in 1729, although the actual date is the subject of debate.
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Bacon's Rebellion
In the sixteen seventies, Sir William Berkeley was administered. Farmers and the like didn't like that. He failed to protect them, taxed them, and just in general treated them like garbage. Nathanial Bacon took action and scared away the Indians. Berkeley didn't like that. Bacon was arrested, back came back with an army against Berkeley and the administration. -
Salutary Neglect
The Meaning and Definition Salutary Neglect: Salutary Neglect was a long-standing British Policy in the 13 colonies which allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade.The British reversed their policy of Salutary Neglect to raise taxes in the colonies to pay for the massive war debt incurred during the French and Indian Wars.
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Salem Witch Trials
The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. Some 150 men, women and children were accused over the next several months.
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious movement in the British colonies of America. With it, people could more freely express themselves in their way of loving God. The Great Awakening happened due to the fact that religion had become boring to the colonists, as it was a 'going through the motions' sort of thing.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan was a plan to unite the thirteen colonies under one banner. Such a unity was needed for the protection of the colonies against the French. Thus, Early America. -
French Indian War
The French and Indian war was also known as the Seven Years War. As the French pushed their territory on the new world south towards the Ohio river, conflict grew with the British over areas that were already claimed. Britain won a series of battles in this war and ended it, gaining France's territory in Canada. -
Proclamation Of 1763
After the conclusion of the French and Indian War in America, the British Empire began to tighten control over its rather autonomous colonies. The proclamation itself restricted colonial expansion westward. A desire for good farmland caused many colonists to defy the proclamation; others merely resented the royal restrictions on trade and migration.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. After the war, Pennsylvania became the second state, after Delaware, to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In the American Civil War (1861-1865), Pennsylvania was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, which ended the northern invasion of the confederates.
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Connecticut
One of the original thirteen colonies, Connecticut is in the northeastern corner of the United States. It started as an agricultural colony, then went to textile and manufacturing in the nineteenth century. It is the constitution. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Yet another one of the original thirteen, Massachusetts was the landing place for the Mayflower. The colony itself gained it's name from the Massachuset Tribe that resided there. It has a large Irish-American population.
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Great Migration
From 1916 to 1970, about six million African Americans migrated north. They did this due to worsening segregation issues and the need for better work. Creating their own influential culture back then, they affect our economy and lifestyles today.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration
