Colonies Flashcards
Joint-stock company
A company in which investors buy stock in The company in return for a share of its future profits
Charter
Documents granting the right to organize settlements in an area
Head right
A 50-acre of land given to colonial settlers to pay their own way
Burgesses
Elected to an assembly
Sir Francis Drake
Adventurer, who raided Spanish ships (like a pirate). King Philip thought that Queen Elizabeth she punish him for his raids, but instead she honored Drake with knighthood.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Founded Roanoke Island with Queen Elizabeth’s permission
Capt. John Smith
The leader to Jamestown to help them survive the first two years
Pocahontas
Daughter of chief Powhatan , Married to John Rolfe
House of Burgesses
Jamestown’s government
Roanoke
Island were the first settlers (100 men) settled, but they had a difficult winter so they returned, then Raleigh sent 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children. but when he went back to England for supplies he came back and everybody was gone.
Jamestown
Joint stock company settled on the James River in their new settlement Jamestown brought to their. king. 144 settlers first went. John Smith led them
Dissent
It is agreement with your opposition to an opinion
Puritan
Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to reform the Anglican church
Pilgrim
Separatist who journey to the colonies during the 1600s for religious purposes.
Mayflower Compact
A formal document written in 1620 that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony
Separatists
Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to leave the Anglican church in order to found their own churches
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
The first written plan for a government in America
William Bradford
The leader of Plymouth
Squanto
Native Americans who befriended Plymouth. They showed the, how to plant corn, beans, and pumpkins and where to hunt and fish. Without their help the Pilgrims might not have survived or make peace with the Wampanaug people who lived in the area
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay colony governor. He led 900 men women and children
Rodger Williams
Leader of Rhode Island who believed that people should not be persecuted for their religious practices that the government should not force people to worship in a certain way
Plymouth
A settlement in Massachusetts.William Bradford was their leader.
Policy
Plan of action
Patroon
The landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land.
Proprietary Colony
A colony run by individuals or groups of land was granted
Pacifist
A person who opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
Duke of York
Was given the colony new Netherlands to buy King Charles the second but renamed it New York
William Penn
He is the founder of Pennsylvania,he was a Quaker
Quaker
A society of friends, believe that everyone was equal. People could follow their own “inner light”to salvation. They were also Pacifists
Indentured servant
Labor who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
Tenant farmer
A farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
Constitution
A list of fundamental laws to support the government
Mission
Religious settlement
Debtor
A person or country that owes money
Sir George Calvert, lord Baltimore
Maryland arose from their dream
Nathaniel Bacon
A young planter in Western Virginia who oppose the colonial government because it was dumb and or controlled by easterners
James Oglethorpe
Founder of Georgia
Louis Joliet
A Frenchman who was a fur trader that explored the Mississippi River by canoe
Jacques Marquette
A Frenchman who was a priest who explore the Mississippi River by canoe
René-Robert Cavelier
Followed the Mississippi River all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico
Sieur de La Salle
He followed the Mississippi River all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico
Bacon’s Rebellion
In 1676 bacon but attacks on Native American villages. His army also March to Jamestown and drove Berkeley into exile. Only Bacons sudden-death kept him from governing Virginia. England then recalled Berkeley and some troops restore order Bacon’s rebellion showed sellers would not be limited to the coast
New England Colonies and their founders and which ones were founded for religious purposes
- New Hampshire ~ John Mason
- Massachusetts ~ John Winthrop and William Bradford
- Connecticut ~ Thomas Hooker
- Rhode Island ~ Rodger Williams
- = founded for religious purposes
Middle Colonies and their founders and which ones were founded for religious purposes
New York ~ Dutch Settlers
*Pennsylvania ~ William Penn
New Jersey ~ John Berkeley and George Carteret
Delaware ~ Swedish Settlers
Southern Colonies and their founders and which ones were founded for religious purposes
*Georgia ~ James Oglethorpe
*Maryland ~ Cecilius Calvert
North Carolina ~ group of 8 aristocrats
South Carolina ~ group of 8 aristocrats
Virginia ~ John Smith
What was the last English colony to be made?
Georgia; founded for debtors
What were the earliest constitutions of the colonies?
Fundamental orders of Connecticut and the Mayflower Compact
What type of hardships did the colonies face
Weather, deaths, diseases, lack of good water, Native Americans
Why was the Mew Netherlands important
It had an excellent harbor and a thriving river trade. It also had a diverse population.
