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Who won the French and Indian War?
British
What colony failed?
Roanoke
What was Englands first successful settlement?
Jamestown
What saved Jamestown?
tobacco
Who introduced tobacco to Jamestown?
John Roth and Pocahontas
What where Plymouth and Massachusetts settled by?
religious motivation
Who settled Plymouth?
Pilgrims (Separatists)
Where did the pilgrims sail from?
Virginia after they moved from England to
Holland and then to Virginia, but ended up settling in Plymouth, Ma.
Who settled Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Puritans (seeking to establish a colony and a way to worship that was more "pure" than the Anglican Church in England.)
Why did many people leave England?
searching for freedom and a life free of oppression
what was the population shift called?
the Great Migration
What was the first Representative Government?
The House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
an agreement made by the pilgrims before they settled, they wrote a constitution. Reflective of the democratic experience
in England.
who could vote?
free male puritans or male property owners
what was the first proprietary colony?
maryland
who was known as the 2nd Lord Baltimore?
calvert
_____ where greatly outnumber by ______
catholics,protestants
the act of toleration
granting religious freedom to ALL Christians. But not
to those who denied Jesus. ESTABLISHED IDEA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Indetured Servant
Master paid for their passage and in return, they worked
for the master
Headright System
Gave 50 Acres of land to immigrants who moved to Va.
first slaves where not bound till ______
1620
bacon's rebellion
Poor farmer attacked and killed Natives in retaliation for Natives raiding farms - This was against the governor's orders
why did bacon die?
he kept leading his rebellions and died of dysentery
plymouth and mass. bay colony extremely intolerable of what?
anyone who did not follow their religious ways and beliefs.
how where the colonies of rhode island and Connecticut established?
those who where banished from the puritan colonies
_____ established the colony of rhode island
roger williams
What did Roger Williams believe?
that an individual's conscience was beyond the control of the civil or church authority.
what did roger Williams believe? (2)
Allowed Catholics, Quakers, and
Jews to worship freely. And first Baptist Church in America.
_____ was banished by the puritans
anne hutchinson
She believed that faith, not
deeds, were needed for salvation. (joined rhode island)
anne hutchinson
Antinomianism
idea that faith alone, not good deeds, is needed to achieve
salvation.
_______ who chose to leave mass. bay colony settled in connecticut?
puritans
what was the first constitution in Connecticut?
the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
who was the 2nd settlement created by?
john davenport ---> new haven
who attacked the new england colonies?
Natives, the Dutch, and the French
what was the new england military alliance called?
New England Confederation
who led Restoration of the English monarchy?
charles II
what two restoration colonies where created in new england?
north and south carolina
what was south carolina for?
Rice Growing Plantations -> enslaved Africans as labor
what was north carolina for?
Tobacco Growing -> Smaller local farms = less slavery
who led new york?
Peter Stuyvesant
this colony was heavly taxed by king james
new york
what was created out of new york?
new jersey
Who founded Pennsylvania and why?
Quaker William Penn, looking for religious freedom for quakers
what constitution did penn write?
Charter of Liberties guaranteed
freedom of worship and open immigration.
what was created out of pennsylvania?
delaware
why was georgia created?
a defensive buffer between SC and Sp Florida. 2) Created for a place to send people imprisoned for debt and relieve overcrowding in jails.
who founded georgia?
James Oglethorpe
what was the first settlement in georgia?
savannah
what did ogelthorpe forbade?
drinking rum and the use of slavery
Eventually the colony was taken over by the Br. and became a ____
royal colony
why did alot of colonists not settle in new england?
weather and stronger Puritan control
what was the largest group in the new world?
africans
what did the new world have that europe didnt?
social mobility
what was the key aspect of colonial life?
family
New England developed into mostly ____ farming
subsistence ((meaning they raised
enough food to supply the family and few others)
The Middle Colonies, or Mid Atlantic colonies, were ____ farms
large
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