Period 2: Colonial America 1607-1754 Flashcards
PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIES
What was created by the Virginia Comapny as one of the first forms of government in the British colonies?
House of Burgesses (1619)
What saved Jamestowns extinction?
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what was the system that stated that every new arrival paying their way could get 50 acres of land?
Headright System (1617)
what people were granted freedom and would become independent farmers after fufilling a contract of “free” labor?
indentured servitutde
leader of the Pilgrims:
William Bradford
What was the document created to create a basic legal system?
Mayflower Compact
On the Mayflower, where were they going?
Plymouth (MA)
Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
John Winthrop
Which colonies ideals were economically focused with tobacco, plantation systems, and a male dominated society?
Chesapeake $$
Which colonies ideals focused on religion?
New England
Why did Quakers colonize in Pennsylvania?
looking for religious freedom and giving equal rights
Name the war: increase population in New England forced colonists onto native land and increased conversion of native people which King Phillip was not happy about. He then started attacking English settlements. Colonists fought back, killed him, and started to sell captured natives into slavery.
King Phillips War 1675 - New England
Who was the leader of the VA colony?
William Berkely
Name the war: William Berkley did not strike back after native attacks on colonists farms, but he did not fight back. Colonists got mad and rallied behind Nathaniel Bacon and attack the nearby natives and Berkley declares the action a rebellion, that was only put down once Bacon was killed in battle.
Bacons Rebellion 1676 - Virginia
A religious revival that convinced people that religious power was in their own hands and not the hands of the church?
The Great Awakening - New England (1730s-60s)
