Chapter 2 Flashcards
- Virginia Company
A joint stock company created by James I to establish colonies in North America
- Jamestown
The first English colony established in 1607 under went a starving period from 1609-1610 thrived off of tobacco
- John Smith
Captain who helped bring order and work to Jamestown and organized raids on the Indians
- Plymouth plantation
Settled by the the Pilgrims who left England in search of religious freedom (Puritans)
- Headright System
Land grants were given to people based on family size, if the paid for another’s passage and their status.
- Indentured Servants
People who agreed to work for a person for a set amount of time in exchange for land food and or passage over to the Americas
- Royal Colony
A colony that was under direct rule from the monarchy of England
- Proprietary Colony
A colony that was ruled over by a family that was given power to rule by the monarchy
- Charter Colony
A colony that was given a land grant in the New World and was ruled over by Parliament
- Bacon’s Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon was unhappy with the way he was being ruled and went in and took control for a little while
- Mayflower Compact
Established a government and made the Pilgrims claim their allegiance to the king
- Theocracy
A form of government in which the direct ruler is seen as a deity
- John Winthrop
Helped to organized migration to the New World and he commanded and exploration of the New World
- Roger Williams
A separatist who argued that Puritans should completely separate from the Church of England as well as from the state
- Anne Hutchinson
A female preacher who claimed that she had divine revelation that many male preachers where fake
