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Roanoak
sir Walter Raleigh gets a patent from Queen Elizabeth to explore and colonize the new world -
jamestown
On May 14, 1607, a group of 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. -
house of burgesses
the first legislative assembly in the first American colonies took place here in the church of Jamestown present were governor Yeardly, the council, and 22 burgesses representing 11 plantations. -
great migration
a time when English puritans sailed over to new England lasting from 1620-40 -
The mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States -
massachusetts bay colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were located in central New England in what is now Massachusettshttp://www.history.com/news/category/colonial-america -
Carolina colony
On October 30, 1629, King Charles I of England granted a patent to Sir Robert Heath for the lands south of 36 degrees and north of 31 degrees, "under the name, in honor of that king, of Carolina. http://www.history.com/news/category/colonial-america -
maryland colony
In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land. http://www.history.com/news/category/colonial-america -
connecticut
governor john Haynes of the Massachusetts bay colony led 100 people to present-day Hartford in 1636. he and Thomas hooker are thought to be the founders of the Connecticut colony -
the rhode island colony
Rhode island was one of the first 13 colonies founded. it was discovered in 1636 by roger Williams and others. http://www.history.com/news/category/colonial-america -
maryland toleration act
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City. -
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bacons rebllion
led by Nathaniel bacon, he led Virginia settlers to rebel against the rule of governor William Berkeley. this was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which frontier men took part in. https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm -
Pennsylvania colony
Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn and other colonists. -
salem witch trials
the Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people being accused of being involved in witchcraft between 1692 and 1693. the trials resulted in 20 executions. http://famous-trials.com/salem -
the great awakening
Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival that swept Protestant Europe and British America in the 1730s and 1740s. An evangelical and revitalization movement, it left a permanent impact on American Protestantism. -
albany plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan -
the french and indian war
When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756.http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war -
the proclamation of 1763
In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of -
salutary neglect
refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutary_neglect
