Period 2 Flashcards

Flashcards for Period 2 (1607-1754) lecture notes.

Jamestown

First permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.

Mayflower Compact

Document signed by Pilgrims in 1620 to establish a government and maintain order in their new colony.

House of Burgesses

First representative legislative assembly in Virginia, established in 1619.

Anglo-Powhatan Wars

Series of conflicts between English settlers and the Powhatan Confederacy.

Bacon's Rebellion

A rebellion in 1676 led by settlers against the Virginia government due to disputes over Native American policy.

Stono Rebellion

Slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739 where enslaved Africans killed whites and tried to escape to Spanish Florida.

Navigation Acts

Acts passed by the British Parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for goods.

Great Awakening

Religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s that emphasized the need for Americans to have a personal relationship with God.

Old Lights

Those who opposed the Great Awakening.

William Penn

Founder of Pennsylvania, a Quaker who promoted religious tolerance.

Puritans

Settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who sought to create a religious utopia in the New World.

Middle Passage

Voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

Cash Crops

Crops like tobacco grown in the Chesapeake region.

Quakers

Peaceful and tolerant religious group.

John Winthrop

Led the Puritans to the New World as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company.

Separatists

Pilgrims also known as…

City Upon a Hill

Massachusetts Bay Colony's goal to be a moral example for the world.

Pequot War

Resulted in Puritan genocide of Indians.

King Philip's War

Colonists won over the Wompanoags.