Chapters 2-4 Flashcards
John Rolfe
Found tobacco
It made money
Brought labor and slaves
Made owners powerful
Sir Walter Raleigh
Developed Roanoke and left colonist there and came back 3 yrs later to find them all gone
Economy- inability to be self sufficient
Political- Gave power to English cuz found it first
Socially- made people afraid to go to new world
Thomas Harriot
Documents the new wold “a brief and future report”
Makes people want to come with documentation
Wanted to know natives
Convicted people to come
community was easy to control
Richard Hakluyt
Was part of the church and said that he wanted to colonize
Made a economic and self sufficient colony-Jamestown
Export more than import
Economical- Farther of mercantilism
Indentured servants
People payed for the indentured servants to come to America to work and once the servant could pay off the price they could leave
Bacons rebellion- when the house of burgesses won’t protect them lawfully
Economy- Made more tobacco
House of Burgesses
Government system that would help with self government
Helps with roads, bridges, buildings, ect
Also starts taxes
Nathaniel bacon
Started the bacons rebellion which was against the fact that house of burgesses wasn’t helping protect indentured servants.
Burnt down James town
House thinks the servants are crazy so bring in slaves
Puritan
Wanted to talk to god themselves Translate bible to English England isn't go isn't well so move to holland where the children become more Dutch so they move to mass and set up mass bay co. Family: Make and grow everything to survive Lived long
John Winthrop
Was head of Puritan
Started colony in ma and made people want to come
Set up government
Thomas Hooker
Founder of Hartford, ct
Sets up fundamental orders of ct which is the first constitution of the colonies
Theocracy
Religion rules colony
In Boston and Boston colony does really well because of philosophy
You can vote and hold office if Puritan
But since more non puritans came and became halfway convert
Salvation by grace
Praying for no hell
Only works when the puritans move to ma
Halfway covenant
Non puritans who are in government
All stated because there were more non puritans so it made people spread out and find ct
Fundamental orders of ct
First constitution of the colonies
It was the start for how the America’s were going to be run in the future
Mercantilism
Holds that trade or commerce equals war by peaceful means
Made alliances in America and makes the country self sufficient which means that they bring in less then they export
Beat the person economically