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The Roanoke Island colony was the first English settlement in the New World and was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. The Roanoke Colony was also known as the "Lost Colony". Many died from shortage of food and Indian attack. By 1590 when John White returned home everyone had vanished. http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm
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The Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter. There were about 500 Jamestown residents at the beginning of the winter but an unfamiliar climate and lack of food caused a lot of death and by spring only 60 people were still alive. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/colonial/jamestwn/
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The Puritan migration to New England.
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The Mayflower Compact was signed by English colonists on the ship Mayflower The compact was made to prevent arguments amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth. The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World. https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact
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An English settlement. The lands of the settlement were located in central New England in what is now Massachusetts.
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The Maryland Colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics. Tobacco crop played a big role.
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a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. It was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies.
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An English and later British colony of North America. Carolina was founded in what is now modern day North Carolina.http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/carolina-charter-of-1663/
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An armed rebellion in Virginia. Led by nathanial bacon.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion
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founded in English North America by William Penn. https://m.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm
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The region was exsplored by Henry Hudson.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York
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The Salem Witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witch craft. Mass hysteria broke out. People who were perfectly fine were accused of being witches. http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-salem-witch-trials/
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A Protestant religious revival. Swept Europe and British America.http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp
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http://www.constitution.org/bcp/albany.htmsas a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
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British and French go to war. Led by George Washington.https://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/ilessons/51/ils_gr5b_u4_c07_l1.pdf
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A proclamation prohibiting the extinguishment of aboriginal title in the United States without the consent of the federal government.It established the boundaries of four new colonies and their governments.https://www.google.com/amp/amp.history.com/news/remembering-the-proclamation-of-1763
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First legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. Established by Virginia company.http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/items/show/189
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One of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast.https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/rhode-island-independence-day
