Final 150 Flashcards
Why did Europeans come to America to colonize
They were searching for gold and silver
Virginia Company
A joint stock company that gained a chapter to establish Jamestown
Jamestown
James town
John Smith
Captain john smith governor to Jamestown for its 1st year
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia
John Rolfe
John Rolfe married the daughter of chief Powhatan , Pocahontas’s
Tobacco
Tobacco saved Jamestown
Bacon’s Rebellion
Had shown that the settlers were not content with being restricted to the coast
Plymouth Colony
A settlement a New Plymouth
Pilgrims
1st settler in American
Mayflower
The ship that bought the pilgrim
Mayflower Compact
First government documents
William Bradford
Govener of the Plymouth
Squanto and Samoset
Squanto had 1st think giving
Puritans
Wanted to puffery the crunches
Massachusetts Bay Colony
A colony based on investment
John Winthrop
Founder of Massachusetts
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
They both work together on government
Salem Witch Trials
A time when people being witch and killed a lot of music
William Penn
He has people believed the government
Quakers
Quaker that found Pennsylvania
Pacifists
Study about religion
James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
He was about to colony
First Great Awakening
The time of invention
Triangular Trade
Traded run to Africa slavery to American
Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon
They were persistent