The 13 Colonies and the British Empire

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?

1. 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