Unit 1 Flashcards
John Smith
Leader of Jamestown
Joint- stock companies
Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America
Powhatan
Native Americans who lived in the area that became Jamestown
Head right System
The Virginia Company’s system in which settlers and the family members who came with them received 50 acres of land
Indentured Servants
Workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America
Royal Colony
A colony under the direct control of a monarch
Nathaniel Bacon
Planter who led a rebellion against the governor of the Virginia
Puritans
Men=mebers of a religious group known for its strict beliefs
Plymouth colony
English colony in North America founded by the pilgrims
Plymouth colony
English colony in North America founded by the pilgrims
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony founded by Puritians in 1630
John Winthrop
Leader of the first settlement at Massachusetts bay
Roger Williams
Puritan dissenter who fled to Rhode Island in 1638
Anne Hutchinson
Puritan Dissender who fled to to Rhode Island in 1638
Pequot War
A 1637 conflict in which the Pequot battled Connecticut colonists
Metacom
Native American chief known as Kind Philiph who fought against English colonists in the King Philip’s War
King Philip’s War
Conflict between settlers and Native Americans
New Netherlands
Colony founded by the Dutch in 1621
William Penn
Founder of Pennsylvania
Quakers
Members of a religious group known for tolerance
Mercantilism
Theory that a country’s goal was self sufficient and that all countries were in a competion to acquire the most gold and silver
Parliament
The law making body of England
Navigation Acts
Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade
Dominion of New England
A huge cologne formed by the King of England which included land from southern Maine to New JErsey
Sir Edmund Andre’s
Military appointed governor by the King of England to govern over the Dominion of Enlgand
Sir Edmund Andre’s
Military appointed governor by the King of England to govern over the Dominion of Enlgand
Evolution
Overthrow of James II, Kindg of England
Salutary Negelect
An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
Cash crop
A crop grown for sale rather than for farmer’s use
Slave
Person who is considered property of another
Triangular Trade
The patterne of shipping trade across the Atlantic
Middle Passage
The voyage that brought slaves to America
Enlightenment
Intellectual movement that started in Europe
Enlightenment
Intellectual movement that started in Europe
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia inventor, writer and political leader
Jonathan Edward’s
Forceful preacher in the Great Awakening
Great Awakinging
Religious revival movement in the colonies
Stone Rebellion
A 1739 slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina
New France
French Colony in North America
George Washington
Led Virginia troops to fist battle of French and Indian war
French and Indian War
War that gave the British control of North America
William Pit
British leader in the French and Indian War
William Pit
British leader in the French and Indian War
Pontiac
Naive American leader who fought for the British
Proclamation of 1763
Law limiting he area of English Setlement
George Grenville
Finicaial expert who was appointed prime minister of Britain in 1763
Sugar Act
Law passed by the parliament to try to raise money
