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Roanoke
The first settlement was the colony of Roanoke, also known as The Lost Colony. 100 men, women, and children who arrived under the leadership of John White. White returned to England for supplies and was caught up in the Spanish English war. He returned three years later to a deserted colony with a clue of the word Croatan on the side of a tree.(notes) -
Jamestown
The Virginia Company established a colony along the coast of Virginia. Very rough start for the colony only 38 left out of 150 settlers survived the first winter. Built on a swamp. The men refused to work the winter was really, really bad. Natives were not friendly. John Smith stood up and took charge and said if you do not work you will not eat.(notes) -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was an unofficial British policy in the colonies that greatly affected Massachusetts in 18th century. Although many historians believe the British government started to loosen its hold over the colonies around 1690, the period most associated with salutary neglect took place in the mid-1700s. (https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/) -
New York
The English eventually seized New Amsterdam, renamed it New York, and began to solidify and expand what would become one of America's most strategic and influential centers of trade, culture, and power. The Dutch tried to settle large estates in their new colony, but few Dutchman wanted to move. William Kieft was appointed the director general of the New Netherlands.(https://www.historycentral.com/TheColonies/NY1.html) -
House of Burgesses
A meeting of the House of Burgesses was held in Jamestown, this was the first meeting in the Americas. The assembly had 22 members who represented the group. In 1624, Virginia became a royal colony. The House of Burgesses continued to meet, but its influence became severely restricted.(https://u-s-history.com/pages/h1151.html) -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower dropped its anchor off the coast of Cape Cod, the group of English Separatists later known as the Pilgrims fell to their knees and blessed God for bringing them safely across the “vast and furious ocean” to a new life in the New World.(https://www.history.com/news/mayflower-compact-colonial-america-plymouth) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was a British settlement in Massachusetts in the 17th century. It was the most successful and profitable colony in New England. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a charter colony. This meant that the administration of the colony was elected by the colonists and the colony was allowed to self-govern. -
Great Migration
English migration to Massachusetts consisted of a few hundred pilgrims who went to Plymouth Colony in the 1620s and between 13,000 and 21,000 emigrants who went to the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1630 and 1642.(https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-great-puritan-migration/) -
Maryland colony
The idea for an English colony along the Chesapeake Bay where Catholics could live and worship in peace came from George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. The new colony was named Maryland in honor of Henrietta Maria, the queen consort of Charles I. George Calvert had previously been involved in a settlement in Newfoundland.(https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-the-maryland-colony-103875) -
Connecticut
One of the original 13 colonies and one of the six New England states. The Connecticut Colony was founded by Puritans and there was no tolerance for other religions. The colony was an exporter of rum. Difficult to grow crops with the rough soil -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island, measuring only about 48 miles long and 37 miles wide, is the smallest of the U.S. states. Despite its small area, Rhode Island, known as the “Ocean State,” boasts over 400 miles of coastline.(https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mayflower+compact&form=HDRSC3&first=1&scenario=ImageBasicHover) -
Maryland Toleration Act
was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City. created the first legal limitations on religious hate speech in the world. -
Bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon set up a small plantation started to gain political power and was elected in as governor. Bacon recruited a small armed force. Berkeley was incensed, but Bacon became a popular hero and was elected to the House of Burgesses. When Bacon tried to take his seat in the assembly, he was arrested by the governor’s agents. Soon released, Bacon raised a small army again and marched on Jamestown.(https://u-s-history.com/pages/h521.html) -
Salem witch trials
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. The Salem Witch Trials officially began in February of 1692, when the afflicted girls accused the first three victims, Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne, of witchcraft and ended in May of 1693, when the remaining victims were released from jail.(https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-salem-witch-trials/) -
Carolina
The North Carolina colony was carved out of the Carolina province in 1729, The North Carolina colony is the direct result of British colonization efforts in the New World: it was also the place where the first English settlement was built and mysteriously disappeared. (https://www.thoughtco.com/north-carolina-colony-103877) -
Great Awakening
A religious movement for Puritans to purify the church of England. This was meant to fear people to religious conversion. The tactic was strongly used. -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was an early proposal to organize the British-held American colonies under a single central government. After convening on June 19, 1754, the delegates to the Albany Convention voted to discuss the Albany Plan for Union on June 24. By June 28, a union subcommittee presented a draft plan to the full Convention.(https://www.thoughtco.com/the-albany-plan-of-union-4128842) -
French-Indian war
Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. 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.(https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war) -
Proclamation of 1763
British authorities determined to subdue intercolonial rivalries and abuses by dealing with Native American problems as a whole. To that end, the proclamation organized new British territories in America—the provinces of Quebec, East and West Florida, and Grenada. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Proclamation-of-1763) -
Pennsylvania
One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. Philadelphia, was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775
