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Roanoke
Also known as the Lost Colony, 115 settlers from England arrived on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. John White was the governor of this colony.
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Jamestown
Located near present day Williamsburg Virginia, it was the first permanent colony in North America.
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House of Burgesses
Representative assembly, in Colonial Virginia was the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. Established by governor George Yeardly.
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was a period in the 17th century during which English Puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake, and the West Indies
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Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower intended to land in Virginia but hit Cape Cod instead. The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules in order to establish a self government in Plymouth.
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New York
Originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam and was founded by Peter Minuit on Manhattan Island. It was renamed to New York in 1664 when the English captured it.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Settled by a group of about 1,000 Puritans, was colonized to establish a good trading port.
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Maryland
Founded by George Calvert and some other colonists at Baltimore. It was named after King Charles' wife Henrietta Maria.
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Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams, settled by religious refugees from Massachusetts Bay. One of the most liberal colonies. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usaweb/snapshot/Rhode_Island.htm -
Connecticut
One of the first 13 colonies, founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and other colonists in Hartford. The name 'Connecticut' comes from a Native American phrase that means "river whose water is driven by tides or winds"
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Maryland Toleration Act
This act granted religious freedom to anyone who believed that Jesus Christ was a part of the trinity and was the son of God.
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Carolina
Named after King Charles II, a charter was given to Carteret to go claim land for Charles. The Carolina's separated in 1710 due to issues in their government.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's rebellion was a one year conflict started in 1676 and ended in 1677. Colonists fought against the Indians in a fight over land.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsyklvanai was a colony from 1682 through 1776 when it joined to rebel against Great Britain and became a U.S state. It was named after it's founder William Penn.
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Salem Witch Trials
A group of girls in Salem, Massachusetts ran around town claiming to be witches which led to the town thinking everyone was a witch.
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Great Awakening
Religious Revival that took placed between 1730-40. There have been many great awakenings over US history.
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French-Indian War
War that lasted 9 years in the American phase that ended in 1763 between Great Britain and France.
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Albany Plan
A plan to unite the 13 colonies to create a more centralized government as a country instead of just individual colonies.
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Proclamation of 1763
It attempted to control the Indians, by controlling how close the natives got to the Indians. It has sense been the preface of Native American law.
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Salutary Neglect
Unofficial British policy that affected Massachusetts. It basically ignored British laws in American policies.
http://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-british-policy-of-salutary-neglect/
