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jamestown
colony started by the virginia company key people: john smith, pocahontas, john rolfe became royal colony of virginia
plymouth
colony started by religious separatists (pilgrims) key people: miles standish, squanto, william bradford
massachusetts bay
colony formed by puritans with a charter from the massachusetts bay company key people: john winthrop puritans persecuted under king charles ii, leave in great migration
mercantilism
economic system dedicated to making money for the mother country; lots of smuggling
house of burgesses
bicameral elected legislative body of virginia, first representative form of government in the united states
mayflower compact
first governing document of plymouth colony
act of toleration
parliamentary act granting freedom to nonconformists -- freedom [for protestants] to worship publicly
new england confederation
union for mutual safety between massachusetts bay, plymouth, connecticut, and new haven colonies
dominion of new england
administrative union of new england + mid-atlantic colonies
navigation acts
legislation ensuring that colonies would provide resources to england prevented colonists from trading with the dutch + spanish said that the dominion of new england would be governed by edmund andros
edmund andros
appointed governor of the dominion of new england by james ii
transatlantic trade
exchange of goods between africa, the americas, and europe established atlantic slave trade
bacon's rebellion
uprising of western farmers vs. virginia -- colonial (british) government did nothing to protect settlers against indigenous attacks one of the first instances of colonial resistance towards britain
king philip's war (aka metacom's war)
occurred after british threatened indigenous sovereignty by encroaching on their lands + created a dependency on britain for their resources
enlightenment (aka "age of reason")
intellectual movement encouraging reason + science > blind faith
benjamin franklin
printer, publisher, scientist; embodied enlightenment ideals in british atlantic
great awakening
religious revival movement that emphasized renewed dedication to christianity after traveling preachers spread news of salvation from sin
george whitefield
preacher who traveled the country during the great awakening + preached to anyone he could
zenger case
establishment of freedom of the press
great migration
mass movement of English Puritans to settle in Massachusetts
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