Ch2 - The Thirteen Original Colonies Flashcards
William Tyndale
Gave England first printed English bible
John Wycliffe
Had entire bible translated into English for the first time, called morning star if the reformation
Henry VIII
Broke English ties with Catholic Church
Magna Carta
First established a form of limited representative government
Year magna Carta was signed
1215
John Cabot
Italian navigator who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland
Sir Martin Frobisher
Sent by Queen Elizabeth to find northwest passage
Sir Francis drake
First Englishman to sail around world
Dissenters
Those who opposed the official English church
Two largest groups of dissenters
Catholics and puritans
Separatists
Puritans who formed their own churches
Divine right of kings
The absolute monarchy is the only form of government sanctioned by god and rulers receive absolute power from him
Inflation
When the price of goods rises steadily
Enclosure movement
Landholders evicting farmers or forcing them to raise sheep
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
First Englishman to try to colonize America
John White
Went with a party of over 100 settlers to settle in Roanoke
Joint stock company
Several businessmen invested stock in a single company to start a colonizing venture
Two companies granted charters to settle virginia
London company and Plymouth company
Problems of Jamestown settlement
1) malaria in low-lying land
2) contaminated river water
3) colonists unwilling to work
Common-store system
Jamestown’s communal system of dividing everyone’s profits among the town
Starving time
Jamestowns name for winter of 1609-1610
John Rolfe
Married Pocahontas and taught Virginian colonists to grow tobacco
Indentured servant
One whose passage to the Americas was paid for by a colonist and in return served that colonist for a set period of time
Year slave trade started in North America
1619
Precedents
Happenings that serve as examples to be followed in our future
Year house of burgesses started
1619
Bacons rebellion
Nathaniel bacon led a volunteer militia against Indians against governors wishes and burned Jamestown to the ground
Private enterprise
Individuals are free to make a loving and prosper on their own initiative
Council for New England
The new name for the Plymouth Company
James I
Opposed religious freedom because he thought those who questioned his religious authority were also questioning his political authority