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#Colonial America
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Places
(10)
Connecticut
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — the Constitution State
Delaware
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — the First State
Georgia
The last of the original Thirteen Colonies, founded as a debtors' refuge
Maryland
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — founded as a Catholic refuge
New Hampshire
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — first to declare independence
New Jersey
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — the Crossroads of the Revolution
North Carolina
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — a colony of small farmers
Rhode Island
One of the original Thirteen Colonies — founded on religious liberty
Roanoke Colony
The "Lost Colony" that vanished from the Outer Banks before relief ships returned
St. Augustine
The Spanish presidio in Florida — oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States
Events
(1)
The First Thanksgiving
The 1621 harvest feast at Plymouth and the myth that grew around it
Concepts
(2)
First Great Awakening
The 1730s–1740s religious revival that made Americans a people before they were a nation
Puritanism
The theology that named America a chosen nation — and what survived when the faith faded
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