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Roanoke
Is the First British Settlement in the Virginia Colony. 100 men, women, and kids settled in Roanoke. The settlement area became part of North Caroline, it took three years to return to Roanoke. The settlements was deserted and the only clues were the word Croatoan carved in the palisades letter CRO on the tree. The storm was very bad and had to sail back to England. Notes -
JamesTown
In 1607, the Virginia Company of London ( joint stock company) established a colony of the cost of Virginia. Colony had a ruff start of only 38 out of 150 settlers survived the first winter. The settlers were on a swamp, the gentlemen's refused to work, and the native Americans were really bad. John Smith was the leader of Jamestown and whoever didn't want to work, wouldn't eat. John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas experiments with growing tobacco. Notes -
House of Burgesses
In 1619, the first legislature made up elected in North America at James Town. Only property could vote to elect representatives in the House of Burgesses. In 1624, the debt-ridden in Virginia was revoked. Virginia became a Royal Colony under King James the 1st. Notes -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed on the ship on November 11, 1620. It was signed by the Separatist also called " Saints" from the religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. The mayflower transported 102 English Pilgrims, and some groups of Separatists to New England. https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was the enforcement of the British government of the British law trade in America. British had commerce laws were lightly enforced. Independent corporations, merchants, and Companies went out there own lives when the British enter there live. Trade regulation started with the Navigation Act in 1651, and the transportation went to the English ships and prevented colonies to trade with other England sugar and tobacco. products.https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Salutary_Neglect -
New York
Middle Colony and was settled by Dutch in 1624. Dutch called area New Netherlands and New York City New Amsterdam. Henry Hudson explored Netherlands in 1611, for the Dutch to claim to the territory. Dutch used " Patroon" System to promote settlements. They were able to keep their lands even when the British gained controlled, the British sent naval fleet to seize New Netherlands and the Dutch. They surrounded without a fight, and the territory was renamed for the Duke. Notes -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1630, the Puritans settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with a charter from King Charles 1st, about 100 puritans settled in Massachusetts. The Puritans laws that governed the colony was tied to the beliefs of the Puritans Church. The Dissenters were people who didn't follow the Puritans law or rules, some of the dissenters ranged and set up there own New England Colony. 1643, 20,000 English settlers jointed the Puritans they were out numbers, but only men members of the church vote. Notes -
MaryLand
Southern Colony Settled by Lord Baltimore in 1632. Baltimore was Catholic and convinced King Charles1 to grant him 100 acres with for persecuted Catholic to settle. Maryland was settled by the Proprietary Colony which meant the owner of colony was the leader, not the British King or Queen. Baltimore died before able to do anything with his land, but his son Cecil Calvert took over and offer 100 acres of married men. Toleration Act in 1649 granted religious freedom to Christians living in England -
Rhode Island
New England Colony Settled by Roger Williams and his supporters in 1635. William was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking government authorities punishing religious, and against the confiscation of Native American land. William found Rhode Island where there is no religious persecutions of Christians. Notes -
Connecticut
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Maryland Toleration Act
Maryland Toleration Act also called the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Anyone who dealt with King who didn't follow the rules inside the church, would be punished of there rights. Dissenters from England inside the church sought freedom worship immigrations to Americans. https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.html -
Carolina
Southern Colony Settled by Supporters of King Charles 2nd in 1663. King Charles granted 8 supporters land in the Carolina, with easy access to the trade in the West Indies. People settled in Carolinas to grow crops like tobacco, rice. Cash crops are meant to grow for the purpose of selling, rather than being grown for just farmers to use. In 1720, African Slaves outnumbered European settlers in Carolinas. 1729, Carolinas became royal colony and split to North and South Carolina. Notes -
Bacon's Rebellions
Nathanial Bacon raised an unauthorized military of indentured servant slaves, and poor farmers to retaliate against a series of Native Americans attacks, on the Virginia frontier. Some scholars believe that Bacon had an ulterior motive instead of simply being upset with Governors Berkeley, refusal to retaliate against Native Americans. Notes -
Pennsylvania
Middle Colony Settled by William Penn in 1682. King Charles 2 granted William Penn a charter for colony of Pennsylvania. Penn established the colony as a " place without" landowning aristocracy where every male received 50 acres and rights to vote. The Society of Friends as know as Quakers, was established in 1647, but not formally organized till 1668. Quakers were often ridiculed for their simplicity of speech and clothing's. They were persecuted for rejecting oaths rituals and formal ministers -
Great Awakening/Enlightenment
Great Awakening in the 1700s the colony saw differences of spiritual and religious revivals. The common views by the North and South and preaches across races, evangelist ended to condemned slavery of sins.The Enlightenment challenged the role of religion and divine right and this helped Colonial America to see that it was possible to challenge the King and divine right. https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-enlightenment-and-vs-great-awakening/ -
Albany Plan
Was the first plan for uniting the colonies. By Benjamin Franklin at Alban Congress. Delegates from seven colonies that met in Albany, New York to organized the common defense against the French of the Indian War. The Albany plan of the union was called the formation of a permanent federations of the American Colony. Notes -
French-Indian War
In 1754, Major George Washington was sent by Virginia's governor to evict the French from Fort Duquesne. Washington came upon a French scouting party and ordered his men to open fire. Washington's men killed 12 Frenchmen and wounded 22. During the first two years of the war the French and their Indian allies defeated the British numerous times. In 1763, the war ended and signed by the Treaty of Paris. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British Board of Trade under King George III of England after the French and Indian War in to accomplish goals. End of he war of the French and Indian, Great Britain was in a struggle of ruling over vast territory of the North Americans they had some purposes to established the boundaries of four new colonies, and government. Proclamation that divided British between Indian. https://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/proclamation-of-1763.html -
Great Migrations
There were more than 6 million African Americans that lived in the rural south to the cities in the North, West, Mid-West. African Americans left because of the harsh laws. The Pull factor were on the African Americans news paper, talked about encouraging good wages on the Africans. Notes -
Salem Witch Trials
When a young girl in Salem Village, Massachusetts claimed to be possessed by the devil himself and accused by the women that possessed her. 15 people were imprisoned for witchcraft, 7 died in the prisoned, 19 men and women were found guilty and was hanged, and one was crushed. In September the hysteria ended with public opinion turning against the trials. Notes
