Dual Enrollment US History Unit-1

Charter of the Virginia Company

gave colonists the same rights as Englishmen as if they had stayed in England

Jamestown

started in 1606-1607, 40 people died on the voyage to the new world

Virginia

1st permanent English colony in North America, tobacco was a source of wealth, and caused the Virginia colony’s economy to become high dependent on slavery

House Of Burgesses

the 1st European-type legislative body in the new world(similar to parliament)

Bacon’s Rebellion

poor English and slave colonists staged ab uprising against the governor and his landowning supporters

New England

the 1st New England colonies were established by the Puritans, most of the colonists came with their whole family for better life and to practice religion as they saw fit

The Middle Passage

a sea voyage that carried Africans to North America, was the middle portion of a three-way voyage made by the slave ships

African American Culture

slave communities were rich with music, food, dance, basket-weaving, and pottery-making. The enslaved Africans brought the arts and craft skills of their various tribes

Benjamin Franklin

He was an individualist and had Social Mobility. He was a founding father that helped create the Declaration of Independence

In 1686, the British King canceled the _____ charter that made it an independent colony

Massachusetts

In 1691, ______ became a royal colony?

Massachusetts

In the 1690’s which _______ famous trials took place?

Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

in the 1690’s, they had hearings and over 150 Massachusetts colonists were accused and tried for witchcraft, 29 of them were convicted, and 19 were hanged

Mid-Atlantic Colonies? List all three

Pennsylvania, Quebec, and New York

Pennsylvania Colony

was a colony founded by the religiously tolerant Quakers, led by William Penn

Quebec

was the 1st permanent French settlement in North America, the French was also catholic

Pre-Columbian Time Period

before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 in North America

Post-Columbian Time Period

after the landing of Christopher Columbus and the introduction of European culture, etc

What did the Native Americans Develop?

They developed horticulture by domesticating the native wild plants and the first squash, gourd, pumpkin, sunflower, beans and corn plants.

The Anasazi

have the pueblo bonito which had 600 rooms and an underground chamber called a Kira.

The Mississippians

built earthen mounds, but built them in shape of a pyramid with flat tops.

List all the Southeastern Tribes.

the Muskogee, Natchez, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Timucua

Christopher Columbus

accidentally found America while looking for a westward route to Asia, his voyages are a turning point in history

Vasco De Gama

discovered an all-water route from Europe to India

Ferdinand Magellan

1st person credited with circumnavigating the world

Hernando Cortes

conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519

Francisco Pizzaro

conquered the Inca Empire in Peru in 1833

Marco Polo

traveled to China and brought book stories and goods to Europe

Powhatan

Native American Chief, English called him King Philip, part of the King Philip’s War

John Smith

became Jamestown President in 1608, lead expeditions through Chesapeake Bay and it’s rivers

John Rolfe

married Pocahontas, 1st settler in the Virginia colony to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop

Headright System

a method used in the 17th and 18th century, British colonies to distribute land and attract new settlers

Indentured Servitude

a form of contracted labor where a person agrees to work for a specified period

Proprietary Colony

an English colony in North America granted by the crown to a single individual or a small group

Lord Baltimore

he founded Maryland

Plymouth

owned by the Puritans

Charters

a formal document that grants rights to an organization or citizens

Pilgrims/Separatists

a person who moves to a sacred place for religious reasons

Squanto

a member of the Patuxet tribe who helped the pilgrims by acting as a translator

Puritans

they are seeking religious tolerance from england

Roger Williams

he founded Rhode Island

King Philip’s War

conflict between English and colonists and Native Americans, King Philip died, he was quartered

Body of Liberties

the 1st legal code established in New England, complied by Puritan minister Nathaniel Ward

Great Migration

the mass exodus of approximately 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western cities. Between 1910-1970

Half-Way Covenant

a religious policy established in 1662 by New England Puritan Churches, allowing children of baptized church members to be baptized even if they didn’t have a personal relationship with God

Anne Hutchinson

was an English-born religious figure who was an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638.

Thomas Hooker

was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.

Pequot Wars

a brutal conflict in colonial New England between the Pequot tribe and English settlers

Fundmental Orders

a series of statutes adopted in 1639 by the Connecticut colony

Charter of Liberties and Privileges

refers to different historical documents, most notably the 1683 New York Charter of Liberties

Act of Toleration

a law that grants freedom to worship

William Penn

was on English quaker leader who founded the province of Pennsylvania

Quakers

a christian group founded in the 17th century England by George Fox

Georgia

an English colony

William Berkeley

a sovereigns in Virginia

Enlightenment

was a European intellectual and philosophical movement that flourished primarily in the 18th century

Glorious Revolution

Over throws King James II

Stono Rebellion

a slave revolt in South Carolina

Actual/Virtual Representation

Uk Parliament reserves night to speak for the British subjects

Subsistence Farming

an multicultural system

Plantation Economy

a system that relies on the mass production of tobacco, sugar, and cotton, enslaved labor

Navigation Acts

a series of English laws passed in the 17th century to regulate colonial trade and promote mercantilism by restricting colonies' economic activities to England and English ships.

Hereditary Aristocracy

a social system or form of government where a privileged class holds power, status, and titles based on their inherited family lineage

Town Meetings

a meeting of a town for the transaction of public business

Country Government

a local administrative arm of a state

Great Awakening

was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history

“New Lights”

two factions within a Protestant denomination resulted from two different theological approaches to the Evangelical Revival.

Johnathan Edwards

was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians.

George Whitefield

was an English Anglican minister and preacher who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford in 1732.

Cotton Mather

was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects.

John Peter Zenger

was a German printer and journalist in New York City.

J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur

naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French-American writer, diplomat, and farmer.

Benjamin West

was an American-born painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson,

John Copley

was an American-born painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England.

Phillis Wheatley

was an American writer who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.