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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was a British Colony in North America that randomly disappeared. Roanoke Colony today is now called care County, North Carolina. it disappeared sometime 1587 - 1590.
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Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement was located in the colony of Virginia and it was the first permanent settlement and It was founded on May 4th 1607.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. It was used from 1642 to 1776. It was also located in Virginia
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration of the Puritans happened from 1630 to 1640. This was the emigrated of 20,000 into North America to get away from the Catholic Church
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Mayflower / Plymouth / Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans. They're also known as the Pilgrims today. There where 102 passengers on the Mayflower. The Mayflower Voyage lasted 3 months.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of the United States in the 17th century. The Colony was around from 1628 to 1691.
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Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. It was also called the Act Concerning Religions. It was passed on April 21st in 1649.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon going against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch trials was a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, 19 of them were found guilty and murdered.
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was an evangelical and revolutionary movement that swept the Protestant Europe and British America and especially the American Colonies in the 1730's and 1740's. This left a huge impact on American Protestantism.
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French-Indian War
The French-Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The war was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France which was also known as the 7 year war.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, which was suggested by Benjamin Franklin whom was 45 years old at the time. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York.
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Salutary Neglect
The Salutary Neglect was an American history term that refers to the unofficial, long term seventeenth and eighteenth century British crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws that kept the American Colonies obedient to England. It was created in 1755.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued on October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War It forbid all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is one of the original states of the 13 colonies. It was founded on December 12,1787. It includes lots of farm land some mountains and is home to Philadelphia.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pennsylvania/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x882d80261e32e589:0xc24621475022b43d?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5hI-VgfXdAhXNGewKHWJ7BZwQ8gEwFnoECAYQCw -
Conneticut
Conneticut is a southern New England colony that has lots of citites and rural areas. It was founded on January 9th 1788 by Thomas Hooker
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Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state and is apart of the original 13 colonies. It was founded in April 1788 by Cecil Calvert. Maryland is known for its many harbors and seaports. One big city in the state is known as Baltimore.
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New York
New York is one of the biggest cities in the world today. It was founded in July 1788 by Peter Minuit. New York was apart of the original 13 colonies. It is located in the Middle Eastern part of the United States.
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Carolina
The Carolina's are both located in the southeastern part of the United States. It was founded November 1789 by 8 noble men of King Charles II. It is known for its beaches and its mountains. It is also apart of the 13 original colonies in the United States
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island is a New England Colony and is known for its beaches and seaside towns. It was founded in May 1790 by Roger Williams. It was apart of the original 13 colonies of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rhode_Island
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