Final 150 Part One Flashcards
Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
To acquire land and spread Christianity
Virginia Company
The joint stock company that established Jamestown
Jamestown
When governor, John Smith left they suffered and tobacco saved them
John Smith
First governor of Jamestown
Pocahontas
John Rolfe’s wife and daughter of Chief Powhatan
John Rolfe
Married Pocahontas
Tobacco
Main crop of settlers
Bacon’s Rebellion
Showed that the government could not ignore the demands of its people
Plymouth Colony
The colony of pilgrims
Pilgrims
Separatist who came to the colonies for religious purposes
Mayflower
Ship that pilgrims came over on (1620) and later settled in Virginia
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims signed it. It set up an organized, orderly government
William Bradford
Famous for the writing of Plymouth Plantation. Led the pilgrims for over 30 years
Squanto and Samoset
During the first spring two Native Americans that befriended some pilgrims and showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash. They also showed them how to hunt and fish.
Puritans
Protestants who wished to reform the Anglican Church
Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1629 a group of puritans formed the colony based on the Bible
John Winthrop
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
Were both taken to trial over disagreeing with Puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts. They formed Rhode Island.
Salem Witch Trials
Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft where many who were falsely accused, were killed.
William Penn
Founded Pennsylvania a Quaker that wrote their constitution
Quakers
Tolerant of others laws, their were pacifist (refused to fight), positive treatment towards women and Native Americans.
Pacifists
People opposed to fighting in war
James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
Set up Georgia as a buffer state between the stronger English colonies and Spanish attacks and as a place where English debtors and the lower class could get a fresh start
First Great Awakening
Religious revival that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
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
Benjamin Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, a collection of witty sayings such as, “ a penny saved is a penny earned”
Albany Plan of Union called for one general government for the 13 colonies in, design to help them defend themselves from the French
First political cartoon in America was “Join or Die”
John Peter Zenger Trial
In 1733 he accused the governor of New York corruption in the New York Weekly Journal and was thrown in jail. Later he was found not guilty. This helped lead to freedom of press.
Cause of French and Indian War
Great Britain and colonies against French and Indians because of a dispute on who controlled the land in North America
Proclamation of 1763
Singed by Great Britain it halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease the Native Americans