History of the Thirteen Colonies

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Puritanism played a significant role in English and early American history, especially in the Protectorate in Great Britain, and the earlier European settlement of New England.

Mayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with several decks. She was notable in that she transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.

indigenous peoples of the United States

17th-century Dutch colony on the East Coast of North America

17th century English possession in North America

former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, US (1585–1590)

early settlers of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts

colonization of the Americas by the British Empire

aspect of history

English possession in North America between 1628 and 1684

historical American flag depicting a rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me"

first governing document of Plymouth Colony

UK parliament act of 1765

North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession

series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774

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former colony in North America, part of Great Britain

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The Carolinas (informally Carolina) are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina considered together as a historical or cultural entity. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and south.

United States admiral and historian (1887-1976)

English possession in North America between 1680 and 1689

Political precursor to the American Revolution

meeting of representatives from seven of the thirteen British colonies

Historical important rock in Ply-mouth, Massachusetts, USA

English possession in North America between 1639 and 1665

American philosopher and historian (1842-1901)

The Yamasees (also spelled Yamassees, Yemasees or Yemassees) were a multiethnic confederation of Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of present-day northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and later in northeastern Florida. The Yamasees engaged in revolts and wars with other Native groups and Europeans living in North America, specifically from Florida to North Carolina.

British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies

nine institutions of higher education in the United States

Historical elm tree

English 17th century possessions in North America

monopoly on the hunting of slaves in Africa and Spanish America granted by Spain to England

major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774

activities related to the acquisition, trade, and sale of animal furs in North America

English possession in North America between 1635 and 1644

thumb|Shooting the Rapids, 1879 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919) Voyageurs (; ) were 18th- and 19th-century French and later French Canadians and others who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to places (New France, including the and the ) and times where that transportation was over long distances, giving rise to folklore and music that celebrated voyageurs' strength and endurance. They traversed and explored many regions in what is now Canada and the United States.

American colonial meeting against the British Stamp Act

English possession in North America between 1674 and 1702

English possession in North America between 1674 and 1702

short lived English colony in present day Maine, United States

British possessions in North America up to 1776

ship from 1602

former prevalent economic practice in the US, especially after import of slaves was made illegal

heritage site in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

position in the cabinet of the government of Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782

Massachusetts revolutionary declaration

American historian

1776–1794 series of wars

infantry of the American Revolutionary War

American historian

South African-Australian historian and academic

replica of the 17th-century ship Mayflower

American Revolution document

1649 religious tolerance act in the Maryland Colony

monument in Massachusetts, United States of America

Account by William Bradford

cuisine of the Thirteen British colonies in North America before the American revolution

timeline of the political upheaval

movement of English Puritans to North America

land grants made between 1749 and 1764