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Roanoke
Roanoke known as the lost colony was the first settlement. it earned the name "the lost colony" because the settlers that stayed there had mysteriously disappeared from unknown reasons. -
Jamestown
JamesTown was the first official settlement for the first English men that settled the "new world" -
House of Burgesses
The House of burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the colonies. For the people in the new world it was hard to survive if the people didn’t work they’d not receive any food. At this time people were also dying from diseases. -
Great Migrations
On September 1620, the separatists traveled to the New World on the Mayflower and landed in the coast of Massachusetts on November, where they established Plymouth Colony, the first colony inside of New England. -
Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The mayflower was a boat filled with a total of 102 people to discover the new world -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the original English settlements in Massachusetts it was settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. -
Maryland
The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s. in 1649 Governor William Stone gave people that believed in Jesus Christ liberty and justice. -
New York
The first to settle were the Dutch they had settled along the Hudson River in 1624. then two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664 later the English took control and reclaimed it and renamed it New York. Also Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island from the Native Americans for jewelry that was valued at $24. -
Bacon's rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon. it was armed rebellion that took place 1676-1677 by Virginia settlers. -
salem witch trials
Salem witch trials was the period where many women and children were accused of being "bewitched" that meant they were "witches" and would be hanged if they didn't confess, but if they do confess they'd just go back to the church to be forgiven for doing witchcraft. -
Maryland toleration act
The Maryland toleration act was meant to ensure freedom of religion for Christian settlers of diverse persuasions in the colony. -
salutary neglect
Salutary neglect, policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain. -
great awakening/enlightenment
This was the time where people were scared into going to Church because Christian faith was going down hill so Jonathan Edwards would tell people they'd be dropped by God's hand and fall in hell. This had ended when people were done with him scaring everyone and was kicked out from being the Priest. -
Albany plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for all the Thirteen Colonies. If people didn't join them they'd kill them and move on to make more people follow them. -
french-indian war
This war provided Great Britain huge territory in North America, but paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.The French-Indian War began in 1754 and then ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
proclamation of 1763
After the British won War and gained land in North America it started the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which banned colonists from settling West of Appalachia. Since they won the war they gained so much land and a lot of value. -
Connecticut
the colony Connecticut was founded in 1636 when the Dutch established the first trading post on the Connecticut River valley in town of Hartford. By the 1630s, the population in Boston grew so so big the settlers began to spread out throughout Southern New England, concentrating their settlements along navigable river valleys such as those in Connecticut. -
Rhode Island
the colony was settled by five independent sets of people between 1636 and 1642. They were all English, and most of them began their colonial experiences in the Massachusetts Bay colony but were they were banished for various reasons. Roger Williams grew up in England, then in 1630 he left with his wife Mary Barnard when the persecution of Puritans and Separatists began increasing. He moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and worked from 1631 to 1635 as a pastor and a farmer. -
Pennsylvania
William penn had discovered the colony Pennsylvania that is how it earned the name “Pennsylvania”. King Charles II of England owed Eighty thousand dollars to William Penn in 1681, for the payment for the debt, the king gave him the land to what is today Pennsylvania to the admiral's son, also known as William Penn. Penn named the territory New Wales. -
Carolina
The North Carolina colony was the reason of British colonization in the New World and it was also the place where the first English settlement was built and mysteriously disappeared.the people that had founded this were Nathaniel Batts and other colonists from Virginia.
