Period 2: 1607-1754

Mercantilism

An economic system where countries tried to increase their wealth through government control of all aspects of trade

Encomienda system

A forced labor system developed by the Spanish that required American Indians to live on plantations and convert to Christianity

Cash crops

Crops that could be grown in large quantities, harvested, and sold for a profit

First great awakening

A religious movement that pronounced emotional, evangelical Protestantism, often through “fire and brimstone” sermons and camp meetings

1607

The first English colony in the New World is founded at Jamestown

1620

The pilgrims sign the mayflower compact before settling at Plymouth colony

1637

Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts for organizing religious meetings for women

1675

New England colonists engage in a brutal war of attrition with the leader of the Wampanoag that came to be known as “King Phillip’s war”

1692

Eighteen men and women are found guilty of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

1744

The first great awakening begins with Jonathon Edward’s fiery sermons