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
- William Penn
Inherited a favor which was a land grant from Charles II that happened to be Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts Bay colony
It was a colony that took up part of Massachusetts and the bay
- William Bradford
The governor of Plymouth and a Separatist
- Pequot War
Started in 1637 with Pequot Indians and Connecticut settlers in a competition with trading with Dutch
- King Phillip’s War
Started with an Indian uprising when Indians thought the only way to protect themselves with fire arms
- Quakers
Nicknames for Puritans because they were supposed to quake at the name of god
- New York Colony
James the duke of York was giving the land by his brother Charles II and took the land from the Dutch
- Carolina Colonies
Originally was part of Virginia given by Charles II and had 8 politicians spilt eventually into two north and south
- Pennsylvania Colony
Started by William penny and was a melting pot for culture and had peaceful trades with Indians
