Colonies Flashcards
Roanoke Island
The first English colony. Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition to this area that landed in 1585. Though, it did not last very long because the people of Roanoke disappeared.
Virginia Company
The company that was given a charter by King James I to settle in the New World. It was a joint-stock company that was intended to only last a few years
Jamestown
About 100 settlers arrived in Jamestown on May 24, 1607. It started off very weak and many were dying, but John Smith helped the survival of the colony and it later prospered with the sale of tobacco.
First Anglo-Powhatan War
Lord De La Warr’s troops raided Indian villages, burned houses, confiscated provisions and torched cornfields. The Indians and settlers created a peace treaty in 1614 and it was sealed through the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
In 1644, the Indians made one last effort to remove Virginians from their land. They were defeated and created a peace treaty in 1646. It destroyed any hope of peacefully coexisting with the Natives because it banished the Chesapeake Indians from their lands and separated them from the white areas.
House of Burgesses
An assembly between settlers authorized by the London Company.
Act of Toleration
Catholics in Maryland were afraid that they were being out-populated in their own colony. They created the Act of Toleration to guarantee toleration of all Christians. It was passed in 1649 by the local representative assembly. It said that those who denied the existence of Jesus would be executed which was seen as less tolerant than before.
Iroquois Confederacy
The five nations of the Iroquois tribe joined together in the Iroquois Confederacy. They wanted to end violent warfare among themselves and defeat enemies.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He organized an expedition that landed in 1585 on Roanoke Island in North Carolina
James I
King of England at the time of Jamestown. He gave a charter to the Virginia Company of London for a settlement in the New World. James River and Jamestown itself was named after him.
John Smith
The man who helped Jamestown and Virginia survive. He said “He who shall not work shall not eat” to help the other colonists focus on survival and not gold.
Powhatan
Chief of the Powhatan tribe. Kidnapped John Smith in December 1607 and put him through a mock execution to show how powerful he is.
Pocahontas
Daughter of Chief Powhatan. She became and intermediary between the Indians and settlers and tried to better their relationship. She married John Rolfe in 1614, which was the first known interracial union in Virginia.
Lord De La Warr
A new governor of England that told the remaining colonists in Jamestown to return to the colony after they tried leaving. He imposed a harsh military regime on Jamestown and undertook aggressive military action against the Indians.
John Rolfe
Married Pocahontas after the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614. He was the father of the tobacco industry and saved Virginias economy.
