Ch03 Study Guide Flashcards
How did John Smith improve conditions in Jamestown?
- Made settlers work harder in exchange for food
- Made friends with native americans
What events led to conflict between the Jamestown settles and the Powhatan Confederacy?
John Rolfe married Pocahontas, helping them all get along. After she died, there was nobody to keep the peace. When a colonist killed a native, fighting spiraled out of control.
Why were indentured servants necessary in Virginia
There were not enough workers that could afford to pay their own way
What do you think was the most serious problem faced by settlers in Virginia
- Disease-carrying mosquitos in the swamps
- Lack of preparation and useful experience in farming and carpentry led to famine
Which colony was the first to promote religious tolerance?
Maryland with the Toleration Act of 1649
Explain the details of the Headright System
Colonists who paid their own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land
What is an indentured servant?
Workers received free transportation to the colony in exchange for 4 to 7 years of work.
Why were slaves in high demand in the southern colonies?
There weren’t enough people that wanted to be indentured servants
Explain the Toleration Act of 1649
The bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians
What was the economy of the southern colonies based on?
Agriculture and shipbuilding materials such as wood and tar
How did the Puritans get their name? What did they want to do?
They wanted to purify the Anglican Church (Church of England)
What group wanted to leave England to find religious freedom?
Pilgrams
What group wanted to leave England to find religious freedom?
Pilgrims
Who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to fertilize the soil with fish and grow crops?
Squanto and his fellow Wampanoag tribe
Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans want their children and indentured servants to be able to read?
So they could read the bible and carry on their traditions
What was the Great Migration?
Between 1629 and 1640, many thousands left England
What was the Great Migration?
Between 1629 and 1640, many thousands left England
Who was the leader of the Puritans
William Bradford
Who was William Penn
- Wealthy son of an admiral
- Quaker
- Founder of Pennsylvania
What were three beliefs of the Quakers
Equality, non-violence, and religious tolerance
What document limited the powers of the King of England and gave more powers to the elected Parliaments
English Bill of Rights
Who was Jonathan Edwards
A leader of the Great Awakening
What was the Great Awakening?
A religious movement in the 1730’s and 1740’s
What was the enlightenment
A movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society
What was the French and Indian War? Who won?
- Fighting between the English and French in America
- Native American tribes fought too, some siding with the English and some siding with the French
- The English and French also fought in Europe
- England won, receiving claim to Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River
What ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
What financial problem did England have at the end of the French and Indian War
They had to pay their debts from fighting the war
Why did the Prime Minister George Grenville believe the colonist should be taxed?
To pay for the army protecting the colonists
What was the Sugar Tax?
A tax on molasses and sugar imported by colonists
Explain the slogan “No Taxation without Representation”
Colonists didn’t want to pay taxes that they weren’t allowed to vote on
What was the Sons of Liberty? Who helped found it?
A secret society organized by Samuel Adams that fought back against the taxes
What was the Stamp Act?
Colonists had to buy stamps for paper items
Define Boycott
To protest by not buying certain goods
What was taxed under the Townshend Acts?
Glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea
What started the Boston Massacre? What was the outcome?
A soldier hit a colonist during an argument. An angry crowd formed. More troops arrived. Shots were fired. Five colonists died.
What tax was kept when Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts?
Tea
What event happened in protest of this?
Boston Tea Party
What were the Coercive Acts called in the colonies?
Intolerable Acts
