Period 2 Spex Flashcards
Act of Tolerance
1649- Put in place in Maryland ensured religious freedom for all Christians
Anglican Church (Church of England)
A church that formed due to the Protestant Reformation, a branch of Protestant
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
1622-1626- Wars fought between the colonists and the Algonquin of the Powhatan Confederacy
Anne Hutchinson
1636-1638- She was a preacher in Massachusetts who questioned Puritan beliefs. She was banished for this eventually.
Atlantic Slave Trade
Trade of goods and slaves between Africa, West Indies, and the colonies.
Bacon’s Rebellion
1676- Uprising in Virginia colony when they were not happy with how the Natives were attacking them. Nathaniel Bacon joined with frontiermen stormed and burnt down Jamestown. Only created tensions between lower and upper class.
Barbados Slave Code
1661- Laws that defined slavery as something that is inherited and that they are property and have no rights that a white person would have.
Ben Franklin
Owner of Pennsylvania Gazette, the colonies newspaper
Charles I
King of England from 1625-1649
Charles II
King of England from 1660-1685
Chief Opechancanough
Head of the Powhatan Confederacy
coureurs de bois
A woodsman or trader of the french
Dominion of New England
All the British colonies combined
Elizabeth I
Queen of England from 1558-1603
Enclosure
A movement where land in England could only be used by one person, meaning the landowner would kick off any families using their land that could not afford thier own. Created a large homeless population.
English Civil War
1642-1651 Wars over England’s governing and issues with religious freedom
Enlightenment
An idea popular in the 1700s that was centered around rational thinking instead of religion and superstition
George Whitefield
Preached to large crowds in the New England area about enlightenment
Glorious Revolution
1688-1689 war that overthrew Catholic James II replaced with Mary and William of Orange
Great Awakening
Series of religious revivals in colonies
Headright System
50 acres of land was given to any settlers who came and settled and farmed land.
Henry Hudson
English explorer is known for exploring Canada
House of Burgesses
The first governing body of the colonies in Virginia
Huguenots
Protestants who held to the Calvinists tradition
Iroquois Confederacy
Five nations joined together to become a peacful nation
Jacques Cartier
French explorer to create the first map of the gulf of St. Lawerence
Jamestown
The First English colony established in 1607 in Virginia
Jeremiads
A new type of sermon from Puritan preachers
John Peter Zenger
Printer and journalist of the New York Weekly Journal. Accused by governer but then acquitted to show freedom of press
John Rolfe
English settler known for successful tobacco growth and married Pocahantas to create a positive relationship with Powhatan people