Colonies
English Monarchs
Notable Names
Societal Tension
Misc.
100

Colony founded by the Puritans

Massachusetts

100
He was the Catholic King, that would be disposed by Parliament
King James II
100

This Quaker would establish a colony based on religious freedom.

William Penn

100

Teenage girls would cause issues in a Puritan colony through rebellion from Puritan values by sparking this event.

The Salem Witch Trials

100

This plan was suggested as an effort to create a more unified colonial assembly.

Albany Plan of Union

200

First British colony that was founded, but failed.

Roanoak

200

This couple would be "elected" by Parliament.

William and Mary

200

This man would be cast out of his Puritan colony and establish a new colony in Providence.

Roger Williams

200

This English author and philosopher would become very popular with his theories about Natural Rights.

John Locke

200

The Puritans and the Wampanoags would erupt in this major conflict.

King Philips War.

300

The first permanent English colony.

Jamestown

300

After the death of Queen Anne, this man would assume the throne of England.

George of Hamburg

300

This woman would cause problems in the Puritan colonies, eventually being chased out of the colony for her non-puritan beliefs.

Anne Hutchins

300

This trade route would become the deadliest in all of human history.

Middle Passage

300

With rising tension in Massachusetts, word of their conflict would spread, inspiring this Virginia farmer to begin his own conflict against Natives, and then eventually the colonial governor.

Nathaniel Bacon

400

This colony would be established as a 'buffer colony' between England and Spain

Georgia

400

The political revolution where Parliament would gain more power by "electing" a new monarch to the throne.

The Glorious Revolution

400

This man would propose the Albany Plan of Union

Ben Franklin

400

This is the call for society to return to Puritan values in the New World.

The First Great Awakening

400

This product became essential to the French Settlements in Canada

Fur

500

This colony would be captured by the Duke of York from the Dutch.

New York

500

This Monarch would assume the throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

King James I

500

This man would be named the Governor of The Dominion of New England, after the growing dissent in the colonies.

Edmund Andros

500

This major European conflict, involving several nations, would erupt, and begin to raise issues within the colonies.

The Seven Years War

500

This man would convince King George II to allow him to create the 'buffer colony' between Spain and England.

James Oglethorpe