final 150 Flashcards
Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
they were looking for gold and silver
Virginia Company
It was a joint stock company that gained a charter to establish Jamestown
Jamestown
there was no gold here. tobacco saved Jamestown
John Smith
English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony
Pocahontas
> daughter of chief Powhatan
>saved the life of john smith and married john Rolfe
John Rolfe
the husband of Pocahontas
Tobacco
saved Jamestown
Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley
Plymouth colony
English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith.
Pilgrims
Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom on the mayflower
Mayflower
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony
William Bradford
> led pilgrims for over 30 years
>famous for writing Plymouth Plantation
Squanto and Samoset
Wampanoag Indians
Puritans
> had little tolerance for other religions
>believes were based on the Bible
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
Governor of puritans and led many to modern day Boston to live
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
they were both taken to trial over disagreeing with puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts and 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
> he was a Quaker
>founded Pennsylvania
Quakers
> were tolerant of other people’s views
pacifists
positive treatment towards woman and native Americans
Pacifists
people who refuse to fight or use force
James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
he created Georgia as a buffer state to keep other states separate. he was the first governor
the great awakening
a number of periods of religious revival in American Christian history.
Triangular Trade
a 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
Join, or Die is a political cartoon, drawn by Benjamin Franklin.
John Peter Zenger Trial
accused the governor corruption of New York weekly journal and thrown in jail. he’s was fount not guilty
Cause of French and Indian War
failure of Albany plan of union
