Chapter 2-Transplantations and Borderlands Flashcards
“starving time”
Winter 1609-1610 many people died and were very sick. Fevers, deaths, etc. John Smith helped save colony from starvation
Virginia Company
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Lord De La Warr
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A Counterblaste to Tobacco
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John Rolfe
Introduced the idea of Tobacco.
Hated by King James I
Tobacco made money for colonists, exhausted land, let to expansion
headright system
50 acres of land
every new settler was given 50 acres of land. If someone paid the passage of an immigrant, the buyer would receive 50 acres (encouraged indentured servants)
House of Burgesses
elected representatives in VA
Powhatan Uprisings
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“Act Concerning Religion”
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Sir William Berkeley
governor that caused conflict in Bacon’s rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion
Gov. Berkeley did not allow settlement past a line
In the west many farmers were underrepresented/not being protected from natives
Conflict between Natives and “westerners” like Bacon
movement towards slaves for labor-showed that indentured servants had to get freedom so they moved toward slavery as a result
Separatists (Pilgrims)
wanted to break away from Anglican Church
Mayflower Compact
established government led by majority rule
William Bradford
Governor of Plymoth
John Winthrop
1629-led by John Winthrop, they received a charter and eventually settled in Massachusetts Bay