Final 150 Flashcards
Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
1- To acquire more land
2- To spread Christianity
Virginia Company
The joint-stock company that established Jamestown
Jamestown
The settlement started by Virginia company
John Smith
Governor of Jamestown for its first two years.
Pocahontas
Powhatan Chiefs daughter, who married John Rolfe, died in England.
John Rolfe
Married Pocahontas, know for saving John Smith, sold first crop of Jamestown in 1614
Tobacco
Saved Jamestown, was Americas best know crop.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Showed that the settlers were not content with being restricted to the coast Carolinas, lead by Nathaniel Bacon
Plymouth Colony
The colony of the Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom
Mayflower
The ship that the pilgrims traveled on to get to the Americas
Mayflower Compact
Document that the pilgrims signed and follow,first set towards government
William Bradford
Was governor of Plymouth colony in 1621.
Squanto and Samoset
Befriended the pilgrims and showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash. Also showed them how to hunt and fish.
Puritans
Protestants who wanted to reform
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Formed by puritans in 1629
John Winthrop
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, was the groups governor
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
We’re both taken to trial over disagreeing with Puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts. They formed Rhode Island .
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft where many who were falsely accused, were killed.
William Penn
Founded Pennsylvania Colony wrote their constitution, was a Quaker
Quakers
Were tolerant of other religions, were pacifists lived in Pennsylvania.
Pacifists
People who refused to fight in wars or use force
James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
Georgia
First Great Awakening
A religious revival that swept through the colonies, the belief grows that to God, all people are equal.
Triangular Trade
A trades system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American Colonies.
Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon
Ben Franklin
Cause of French and Indian War
France and GB wanted control of the Ohio River Valley, for fur trade
Proclamation of 1763
Halted westward expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease the Native Americans
The Sugar Act
Lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling