https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg artifact template en-us 2018-11-02 17:24:17 UTC 2018-11-06 18:26:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299911838 The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies or Thirteen American Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries. They declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.]]> 2018-11-02 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299911838 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299912539 Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death.]]> 2018-11-02 17:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299912539 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299917215 George Washington was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and served as the nation's first president. In the American Revolutionary War, General Washington led Patriot forces to victory over the British and their allies.]]> 2018-11-02 17:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299917215 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299918216 James, younger son of King Charles I of England, held the title of Duke of York. He was born on October 14, 1633 and, during the English civil war, was captured by forces opposed to the monarchy.]]> 2018-11-02 17:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299918216 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299920097 In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.]]> 2018-11-02 17:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299920097 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299921521 New Hampshire was founded in 1622 when John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges were given a land grant by the Council for New England. Only three years after the Pilgrim's landed at Plymouth, the first settlers arrived near present-day Portsmouth in 1623.]]> 2018-11-02 17:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299921521 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299923667 Mount Vernon was the plantation house of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. The estate is situated on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria, across from Prince George's County, Maryland]]> 2018-11-02 17:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299923667 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299925891 In seventeenth-century America, colonial governments had rather do without newspapers than brook their annoyance.]]> 2018-11-02 17:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299925891 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299928283 In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land.]]> 2018-11-02 17:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/299928283 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300647535 a colony governed directly by the crown through a governor and council appointed by it — compare charter colony, proprietary colony.]]> 2018-11-05 18:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300647535 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300650030 Between America’s vast natural resources, excellent location in relation to the world market, capital flow and plentiful skilled labor; the American colonies had a comparative advantage in shipbuilding]]> 2018-11-05 18:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300650030 karmel_wilkins_23 https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300653139 The colonial history of New Jersey started after Henry Hudson sailed through Newark Bay in 1609. ... Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey's first permanent European settlement. In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British took control of the land and added it to their colonies.]]> 2018-11-05 18:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/karmel_wilkins_23/vu2m8a7kjbkg/wish/300653139