APUSH: Colonization Flashcards
Joint Stock Company
An early kind of modern corporation that sold shares of stock and used the combined capital to supply overseas expeditions operated by the Virginia Company of London under a charter from James I.
- Although the kings charter began with a concern for bringing Christian religion to the native people who were known as ignorant.
- They poured more money and settlers to Jamestown, many were indentured servants.
- The company offered 50 acres of land to anyone paying for a journey to Virginia.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Cause: Nathaniel Bacon and other Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia’s governor Berkley for trying to appease the indians after they attacked the Chesapeake settlement and were given rights to territories beyond their limits.
Cause: Land hunger and dissatisfaction with declining tobacco prices, rising taxes, and lack of opportunities led to rebellion.
Action:Bacon attacked Native Americans because Berkley refused to punish their actions; Berkley proclaimed Bacon as a rebel.
Results:Hatred of Native Americans and hopes of land ownership and independence became a permanent feature of Virginia life. The war relieved much of the social tension among white Virginias. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died.
Anne Hutchinson
Who:A religious rebel whose ideas provoked intense religious and political crisis in Massachusetts.
What:She challenged the principles of Massachusetts’s religious and political system. Her ideas were considered heresy.
Result:She was latter expelled, with her family and followers..
Roger Williams
What:He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State.
Why: He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and clashed with the Puritans on the issue of church and state
Result: he was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
King Phillips War
What/Who:A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip.
Cause: The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians.
Results:The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.
Salem Witchcraft Trials
Where: In Massachusetts
What: there was an accusation of brief outbreak of witchcraft in the community of Salem
Results: which turned into a bloody battle. It started off with the initail accusation agains three older women but quickly multiplied and within weeks dozens had been charged.
Puritans
Who: Protestant group
Where:settled in the Massachusetts area.
What: They wanted to purify the Anglican church from Roman Catholic ideas.
Separatists
Separatists: These Pilgrims did not want to convert a sinful world, but rather wanted to be left alone to realize their radical vision of a pure and primitive life.
Great Awakening
What:Religious revival in the American colonies
When:the eighteenth century
Results: a number of new Protestant churches were established.
-encouraged independent thought and missionary work but undermined older clergy while creating schisms.
- It led to the founding of new schools.
Whig Beliefs
- rested on the belief that intense power was the historical enemy of freedom. Too much power lodged in any person or group produced corruption and tyranny. Result: The best defense against this was a balanced government, elected legislatures who checked executive authority, and people watching their leaders for signs of corruption.
Trial of Peter Zenger
Who:-printer, publisher, editor, and journalist in New York.
What: He was charged for inciting people to rebel and misleading accusations agains the governor.
Results: His trial was important to the development of freedom of the press. It helped clarify the beliefs of early Colonial life and lay groundwork for the responsibilities of the media and government in a democracy.
