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Roanoke
The Roanoke Island Colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh as the first English settlement in the New World. They suffered from dwindling food supplies and Indian attacks. Raleigh sent John White to return to England to gather more supplies but his return was delayed nu the war with Spain. By the time he returned in 1590 everyone was gone.
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. The town was founded and sponsored by the London Company. The Powhatan's helped the colonist with farming.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was a representative assembly in colonial Virginia. The assembly was one division of legislature established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown.
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Mayflower/Plymouth/Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. Pilgrims who sailed from Plymouth, England were bound to the New World. 41 of the male adults who were on the ship were persuaded by the pilgrim leaders to sign an agreement which would set up a government in the Plymouth Colony called the Mayflower Compact.
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New York
The New York colony was one of the original 13 colonies. It was classified as ne of the middle colonies. It was founded by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island.
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Great Migration
The Puritans left England due to religious pursuits and economic problems. Because the religious climate was hostile and threating the Puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake and the West Indies. Between 13,000 and 21,000 emigrants went to the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
The colony was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company during the Great Migration. The Puratins left their homes in Boston, England and set out for the New World.
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Maryland
Maryland was one of the original thirteen colonies. It was classified as one of the Southern Colonies. It was founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and other colonists, at Baltimore.
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Carolina
South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies and was classified as a southern colony. It was founded by eight English nobles with a royal charter from King Charles II. North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. There was no dominant religion.
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Connecticut
The Connecticut colony was one of the original 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. The colony was founded by Thomas Hooker. They were Puritans.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams. He had purchased the land from Indians. It was one of the original thirteen colonies. It was home to the first Jewish synagogue and first Baptist church in the New World.
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Maryland Toleration Act
Also known as the Act Concerning Religion, the Maryland Toleration Act granted religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Sir William Berkeley became unpopular with small farmers and frontiers men. He restricted rights to vote, raised taxes, and lacked protecting the Native Americans from being attacked. His distant relative Nathaniel Bacon emigrated from England and started a small plantation on the James River. He rose in popularity and was elected to The House of Burgesses. He tried to take Berkeley's seat but was arrested by the governors agents.
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Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded by William Penn. It was one of the original thirteen colonies and was classified as a middle colony. There was religious freedom in Pennsylvania.
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Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect was a British policy in the thirteen colonies allowing the colonists the violate the laws associated with trade.
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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials Began when a group of girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and many other were falsely accused of witchcraft. The trials cause mass hysteria which began to spread and public opinion turned against the trials.
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The Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The first Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival that swept through the American Colonies.
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Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan suggested by Benjamin Franklin to create a more unified government for the British North American colonies.
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French-Indian War
It is also known as The Seven Years War.Frances expansion onto the Ohio River valley brought conflict with the British colonies.Many battles led to the British declaration of war in 1756.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III at the end of the Seven Years War. It declared the boundaries of settlement for inhabitants of the 13 colonies to be Appalachia.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9a.asp
