Colonial Beginnings (1492-1690) Flashcards
In 1676, led a rebellion of farmers protesting Royal Governor Sir William Berkeley’s lenient policy towards the Indians
Died after burning Jamestown, and the rebellion was supressed
In the following years, the Virginia gentry limited the power of the royal governor
Nathaniel Bacon
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Bacon’s Rebellion
English revolution of 1688-1689 that removed openly Catholic King James II from the throne and replaced him with his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William
In the American colonies, Jame’s offical appointees were deposed and sent home
Glorious Revolution
Puritan housewife who claimed to have received special revelations from God, angering many leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Expelled from Massachusetts, Hutchinson and her family joined other dissenters like Roger Williams in Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
Helped found the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629
In 1629, he was elected governor, a position he held for 20 years
Saw the colony as a “city upon a hill,” a godly community far from the corrupting influences of England
John Winthrop
French explorer who established the first permanent settlement in Canada at Quebec in 1608
Worked to protect his settlement by making alliances with the Hurons and other Native American tribes
Samuel de Champlain
Legal arrangement in which an individual owed compulsory service (for 3 to 0 years) in exchange for free passage to the American colonies
Many of the early setters in the Virginia colony
Indentured Servitude
Economic policy practiced by most European states in the late 17th century under which states actively sought to create wealth as a means to power
States minimized trade with outsiders and maximized it with their colonies
Mercantilism
Protestant faith that preached salvation “by faith alone” and redestination
Desire in England to create a “pure church” was only partly successful, so many went to the new World starting in 1620
Calvinism
Allance of Native American tribes living in the region of the initial Virginia settlement
Leader of this alliance tried to live in peace with the English settlers when they arrived in 1607
Powhatan Confederacy
Instrument that enabled navigators to calculate their latitued using the sun and stars
Allowed more accuracy in plotting routes during the Age of Discovery
Astrolabe
European attempts to capture the Holy Land in the Middle Ages
Europeans acquired an appreciation of the economic benefits of overseas expansion and slavery
Crusades
Protestants in France, who by the 1630s were believers in Calvinism
Few ended up settling in the Americas, as French officials feared they would disrupt the unity of colonial settlements
Huguenots
Religious dissidents who left England for America to establish a “purer” church
Settled Plymouth Colony in 1620 and the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
Heavily influenced by John Calvin and his concept of predestination
Puritans
Consolidation of colonies of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Plymouth, and New Hampshire by King James II in 1686
Ended in April 1689, following the overthrow of King James during the Glorious Revolution
Dominion of New England
Settlements in America that were given to individuals who could govern and regulate the territory in any manner they desired
Example: Charles I gave the Maryland territory to Lord Baltimore
Proprietorships
First entered Virginia as workers in 1619, when few legal differences existed between workers
By the 1670s and 1680s, wsa widespread in the Chesapeake colonies
Became an integral part of the triangular trade system
Slavery
Measures enacted by Charles II in 1660 to increase the dependence of the colonies on England for trade
“Enumerated Goods” like tobacco could only be sold to England, and all trade with the other countries had to go through England
These laws were often ignored in America
Navigation Acts