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Roanoke
In 1587, the second colony of Roanoke was found. Virginia Dare was the first baby that was born to English parents. John White was the leader and went back to England. When John White got back to the Americas, Roanoke was deserted. John White looked on a nearby tree and it showed the word Croatoan.
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Jamestown
In 1607, English men arrived in North America to start a settlement. Jamestown was the first Virginia settlement and was named after King James the first. -
New York
The New York Colony was one of the original 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. New York was named after the Duke of York. The colony was a part of the Middle Colonies. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was an undocumented, though long-standing British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies understanding to Great Britain. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first legislative branch in the American colonies. The first assembly for the House of Burgesses was at the church of Jamestown.
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Great Migration
In September of 1620, the separatists traveled to the New World where they established the Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were in search for religious freedom and wanted to expand Christianity. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. -
Maryland
The Maryland Colony was founded by Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore and others in 1633 at Baltimore. The Maryland Colony was named after King Charles I's wife Queen Henrietta Maria. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and founded the first permanent white settlement in Providence in 1636. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to become a state. -
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. -
Connecticut
Connecticut began as three settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England. Connecticut was a big part of the 13 colonies.
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Carolina
In 1663, Charles II was king of England. He gave the land south of Virginia to eight proprietors. These men founded the Carolina colony. Settlers moved to Carolina from Virginia and other colonies. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was a rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. Bacon's Rebellion caused low prices for tobacco. Bacons rebellion was the first rebellion in the American colonies.
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Pennsylvania
On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted the Province of Pennsylvania to William Penn. Penn then founded a proprietary colony that provided a place of religious freedom for Quakers. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed. The colony then admitted that the trials were a mistake. -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening was a movement that made religious beliefs, practices and relationships in the American colonies. The Puritan church began pursuing diverse religion and interpreting the Bible for themselves. -
Albany Plan
Britain wanted to make sure its American colonies could defend themselves should the French and their Indian allies attack. The British and the individual colonial governments rejected the Albany Plan. -
French-Indian War
The French and Indian War began over the issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. It has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada.
