Ch 2 IDs Flashcards
Jamestown
Who
London Company
Jamestown
What
British colony
Jamestown
When
1607
Jamestown
Where
James River
Jamestown
Why
First permanent English settlement in America
John Smith
Who
Leader of the Jamestown settlers
John Smith
What
Imposed order and discipline in colonies
John Smith
When
1608
John Smith
Where
Jamestown
John Smith
Why
Colony began to how promise of survival
Virginia Company
Who
Formerly known as the London Company
Virginia Company
What
Financed the settlement of Jamestown
Virginia Company
When
1607
Virginia Company
Where
New World
Virginia Company
Why
First permanent English settlement
Enacted measures to populate Jamestown
The Starving Time
Who
Colonists
Indians
The Starving Time
What
Indians killed livestock in woods and barricaded colonists in their palisade
The Starving Time
When
Winter of 1609-1610
The Starving Time
Where
Jamestown
The Starving Time
Why
Colonists almost abandoned Jamestown
Tobacco
Who
John Rolfe
Tobacco
What
Cash crop
Tobacco
When
1612
Tobacco
Where
Virginia
Tobacco
Why
Encouraged tobacco economy which created pressure for territorial expansion
Exhausted soil
Increased labor demands
Headright System
Who
Virginia Company
Headright System
What
50 acre land grants
Headright System
When
1618
Headright System
Where
New World
Headright System
Why
Encouraged family and indentured servant migration
Powhatan Indians
Who
Native Virginian Indians
Powhatan Indians
What
Suppressed by the English
Attacked the English
Powhatan Indians
When
1600s
Powhatan Indians
Where
Virginia
Powhatan Indians
Why
Early contact with the settlers
Illustrated pattern of European suppression of natives
Pocahontas
Who
Daughter of Powhatan cheif
Pocahontas
What
Kidnapped by English and later married John Rolfe
Pocahontas
When
1614
Pocahontas
Where
Virginia
England
Pocahontas
Why
Stirred European interest in projects to civilize the Indians
Royal Colony
Who
William and Mary
Royal Colony
What
Colony that was under the jurisdiction of a royal crown
Royal Colony
When
After 1624
Royal Colony
Where
Virginia
Royal Colony
Why
Change to royal involvement
Set the stage for the Revolutionary War
Proprietary Colony
Who
Lord Baltimore
Proprietary Colony
What
Colony granted to an individual or a group that have full rights of self government
Proprietary Colony
When
1632
Proprietary Colony
Where
Maryland
Proprietary Colony
Why
Colonists gained control of their own government
Indentured servants
Who
Young men and women
Indentured servants
What
Bound themselves to master for a fixed time of servitude
Indentured servants
When
1600s
Indentured servants
Where
New World
Indentured servants
Why
Provided much needed labor
Led to a large floating population which fostered social unrest such as that seen in Bacon’s Rebellion
Charter Colony
Who
Investors
Charter Colony
What
Colonies funded by investors as opposed to the crown
Charter Colony
When
1600s
Charter Colony
Where
New World
Charter Colony
Why
Not under direct rule of the king
Lord Baltimore
Who
Recent convert to Catholicism
Lord Baltimore
What
Granted proprietary rule over Maryland
Lord Baltimore
When
1632
Lord Baltimore
Where
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Why
Gained large amount of power from the crown
Refuge for English Catholics
Act of Toleration
Who
Calverts
Act of Toleration
What
A policy of religious toleration
Act of Toleration
When
1649
Act of Toleration
Where
Maryland
Act of Toleration
Why
Granted religious freedom to all Christians
Increased migration
Tensions remained
Sir William Berkley
Who
Governor of Virginia
Sir William Berkley
What
Prohibited English settlement west of a line he negotiated with the natives
Sir William Berkley
When
1642 (became governor)
Sir William Berkley
Where
Virginia
Sir William Berkley
Why
Increased the existing schism between the land hungry western “backcountry gentry” and the eastern aristocracy
Set the stage for Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion
Who
Nathaniel Bacon (indentured servant)
Bacon’s Rebellion
What
Defied Berkley and struck out against the Indians
Bacon’s Rebellion
When
1676
Bacon’s Rebellion
Where
Virginia
Bacon’s Rebellion
Why
Initiated transition from indentured servitude to slavery
Largest and most powerful insurrection against establish authorithy in colonies
Opened additional land to white settlement
Plymouth Plantation
Who
Separatists
Plymouth Plantation
What
Settlement of pilgrims
Plymouth Plantation
When
1608
Plymouth Plantation
Where
New England
Plymouth Plantation
Why
First enduring settlement in New England
Profound changes to landscape
Mayflower Compact
Who
Piligrims
Mayflower Compact
What
Document that established a civil government
Mayflower Compact
When
1620
Mayflower Compact
Where
Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
Why
First governing document of Plymouth
Foundations for the Constitution
William Bradford
Who
Governor of Plymouth
William Bradford
What
Signed Mayflower Compact
Ended communal labor
Paid off debt
William Bradford
When
1621
William Bradford
Where
Plymouth
William Bradford
Why
Established what because a successful colony
John Winthrop (Who)
Governor of Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop (What)
Helped organize migraiton of English Puritans to MA
John Winthrop (When)
1630
John Winthrop (Where)
Massachusetts
John Winthrop (Why)
Helped orchestrate the largest migraiton of the time period
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who
Massachusetts Bay Company
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What
English settlement
Massachusetts Bay Colony
When
1630
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Where
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Why
Unlike pilgrims, had no intention of breaking with the Anglican Church and instead established a Congressional Church and a near theocratic society
William Penn
Who
Evangelist of Quakerism
William Penn
What
Founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
When
1681
William Penn
Where
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Why
Transformed Pennsylvania into one of the best known and most cosmopolitan of colonies which served as a model
Navigation Acts
Who
Parliament
Navigation Acts
What
Laws to regulate colonial commerce more strictly
Navigation Acts
When
1651 (aimed at Dutch)
1660 (others)
Navigation Acts
Where
English colonies
Navigation Acts
Why
By restricting all trade to British ships, the laws encouraged the colonists to create an important shipbuilding industry of their own
Dominion of New England
Who
James II
Dominion of New England
What
Administrative union of English colonies in New England
Dominion of New England
When
1686
Dominion of New England
Where
New England
Dominion of New England
Why
Increased resentment among colonists
Sir Edmund Andros
Who
Single governor of the Dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros
What
Rigidly enforced the Navigation Acts and dismissed the colonists’ claims to the “rights of Englishmen”
Sir Edmund Andros
When
1686 (became governor)
Sir Edmund Andros
Where
New England
Sir Edmund Andros
Why
Increased resentment among colonists
Glorious Revolution
Who
James II
William and Mary
Glorious Revolution
What
Bloodless coup
Glorious Revolution
When
1688
Glorious Revolution
Where
England
Glorious Revolution
Why
William and Mary became joint soveigns who later
- replaced church membership with property ownership as the basis for voting
Leisler’s Revolution
Who
Leader of New York dissidents
Leisler’s Revolution
What
Raised a militia, captured New York fort
Leisler’s Revolution
When
1689
Leisler’s Revolution
Where
New York
Leisler’s Revolution
Why
Fierce rivalry between what became know as the Leislerians” and the “anti-Leislerians” dominated the politcas of New York for many years thereafter
House of Burgesses
Who
Jamestown delegates
House of Burgesses
What
Representative assembly
House of Burgesses
When
1619
House of Burgesses
Where
Jamestown
Congregational Church
What
Parish organization which governed
Congregational Church
Where
Massachussets
Connecticut
Who
Newcomers who didn’t want to conform to religious practices
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What
Constitution of Connecticut
Rhode Island
Only place with true religious freedon
New Hampshire and Maine
What
Place where Hutchinson’s followers migrated out of Massachusetts Bay
Pequot War
Where
Connecticut Valley
Pequot War
What
Hostilities over competition of trade with Dutch and friction over land
King Philip’s War
Who
Wampagonoas
King Philip’s War
Where
Massachussets
King Philip’s War
Why
Weaked society of MA
