Unit 2 Flashcards
Joint-stock companies
British Colonization, got charters from the royalty
Were the British colonies independent?
Economically developed and independent from the British
Who brought a relatively larger amount of women over?
The British
Charter
Permission from the king to start a colony
What type of charter was Jamestown?
Corporate
Virginia Company
Had a charter, wen’t bankrupt
John Rolfe
developed tobacco
married “Pocahontas” (Matoaka)
First royal charter
Virginia
Royal Colony
King has complete control
Corporate Colony
Controlled by a private company permitted by the King
Proprietary
Colony gifted by the King to someone
1622 Attack / Massacre
Native Chief resisted colonial expansion and conversion attempts and killed a third of the Virginia colonists
Dealt back 10 fold
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
Last effort to defeat the English; Natives were defeated
1644-46
what did the Peace Treaty of 1646 do?
removed Powhattans from their land, formally seperated Native & English settlements
House of Burgesses
First representative assembly
Who could vote in the House of Burgesses?
White, male, landowners
What is the exception to women and landless men having few rights?
Widows
Slaves, Natives & indentured servants rights
nearly no rights
Autocrat
a leader that has all the power
First proprietary colony
Maryland, king divided Virginia
Maryland wealth source
tobacco
What kind of haven was Maryland supposed to be?
A Catholic haven
Act of Toleration (1649)
Religious freedom for Christians and death to those not
Did the Maryland protestants revolt?
Yes