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Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was established in 1585 on Roanoke Island. Queen Elizabeth I tried to establish a permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Jamestown
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House of Burgesses
After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. This assembly, the House of Burgesses, first met on July 30, 1619. http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower was a ship that transported English Puritans to the New World in 1620. The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. Plymouth was the First English Colony established when these Puritans came to the New World. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mayflower-ship -
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Great Migration
The Puritan migration to New England was from 1620 to 1640, after which it declined sharply for a time. The term Great Migration refers to the migration in this period of English Puritans to Massachusetts and the West Indies, especially Barbados. They came in family groups rather than individuals and were motivated chiefly by a quest for freedom to practice their Puritan religion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan_migration_to_New_England_(1620%E2%80%9340) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony -
Maryland
The Maryland Colony was founded in 1633 by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists. King Charles I made sure that the name of the colony would be after his wife, Queen Maria. https://www.landofthebrave.info/maryland-colony.htm -
Connecticut
The founding of the Connecticut colony began in 1633 when the Dutch established the first trading post on the Connecticut River Valley in what is now the town of Hartford. The founder of Connecticut was Thomas Hooker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion -
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williamsand other colonists. It was one of the first 13 colonies founded in the New World. https://m.landofthebrave.info/rhode-island-colony.htp -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Toleration Act was an act passed in 1649 which granted religious freedom to anyone who believed in the Holy Trinity. http://m.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/maryland-toleration-act-11630122.html -
Carolina
The Province of Carolina was an English and later a British colony of North America. Carolina was founded in what is modern-day North Carolina. https://www.landofthebrave.info/south-carolina-colony.htm -
New York
The New York Colony was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, founded by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island. In 1664 the Dutch surrendered the colony to the English and it was renamed New York, after the Duke of York. http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/new_york_colony_facts/2043/ -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony's dismissive policy as it related to the political challenges of its western frontier. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h521.html -
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682. It was founded in English North America by William Penn who named it "Pennsylvania" which means woodland together with Penn. https://www.landofthebrave.info/pennsylvania-colony.htm -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was a long-standing British Policy in the 13 colonies which allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade. There were no effective enforcement agencies and it was expensive to send British troops to America. https://www.landofthebrave.info/salutary-neglect.htm -
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials -
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The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening/Enlightenment was a series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th Century. During these awakenings colonists found a new meanings in religion and found comfort in it.
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The Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal introduced by Benjamin Franklin during the Albany Congress in 1754. Franklin’s plan called for the formation of a permanent federation of colonies, as a means to reform colonial relations, and to more effectively address shared colonial interests. http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/albany-plan-of-union/ -
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The French-Indian War
The French and Indian War was a seven-year war between England and the American colonies, against the French and some of the Indians in North America. When the war ended, France was no longer in control of Canada. The Indians that had been threatening the American colonists were defeated. http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/French.html -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued in 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/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
