Us History Flashcards
First successful colony of Britain
1607 Jamestown
Beginning of slavery
1619
1756 1763
Seven years war
Declaration of independence
1776
Constitution
1787
Bill of rights
1791
1861 1865
Civil War + end of slavery
1775 1783
Independence war
Colonialperiod
1607 1763
Why England began to explore America 3 reasons
1 social+demographic reasons: English pop doubles
New land policies –>farming is profitable
2 economic reasons :unemployment and competition
3 religious reasons : persecution puritans criticize English church
Elisabeth 1
Gave permission to volonté America,led to the Roanoke venture (lost colony) financial failure
James 1 joint stock company
Investor built business and share the profits first one is Virginia company
Virginia company
1606—> created Jamestown company
1609-1610
Starving time, disease, hunger…no experience of living outside —> they were gentlemen from upper class
tobacco
Virginia first profitable export
—>colony survived
Tobacco became the gold they haven’t found