Social Studies 8th grade summer work

Duke of york

After the second anglo-dutch war king charles II gave New amsterdam to the duke of york to claim it and renamed it new York

John winthrop

First governer of massachuessets bay and reformed protestansim, a “city upon a hill”

Mercantilism

The amount of wealth in the world was fixed and nest measured in gold and silver ballion.

Chief Powhatan

A powerful ruler who controlled most tribes in the cheseapeake.

Tobacco

A major crop that was popular in Europe, and grown in America for a huge profit

Northwest passage

A water way leading to asia they were looking for

Roanoke colony

A colony on roanoke island where they dissapeared with the words croatoan carved into wood.

Powhatan

A powerful ruler who controlled most of the tribes in the Chesapeake region

Sir Walter raleigh

He founded virginia the colony dissapeard with the words croatoan carved into the wood.

Navigation acts

laws meant to prevent other nations fromm benifiting by english imperial trade.

Massachussetts bay

A larger puritan colony in the bay founded by the same group as conndticut colony and rhode island.

Lenni Lenape

American indians

Religion in the colonies chart

Plymouth- Separatists

Massachusetts- Protestant

Maryland- Haven for Roman Catholics

Connecticut- Protestant: Puritans

Rhode island- Protestant: Puritans

Pennsylvania Protestant:Quakers

Lord Baltimore

Founded maryland on religous toleration and a safe haven for english catholics

William Bradford

Governer of plymouth

wampanoag

They allied the pilgrims at plymouth

Mayflower comact

represented a religous rather than economic rational for colonization

Pocohantas

The chiefs daughter that saved John Smith from being killed by the indians chief.

Jamestown

The virginia company of london’s first colony that struggled with hunger.

Puritans

Religion in these colonies was more protestant and placed emphasis on reading scriptures.

Anne hutchinson

She criticized puritan minister’s authority

William penn

Founded pennsylvania by being fair to the indians and buying land instead of stealing it.

John rolfe

He began to experiment with tobacco

Triangular Trade

A 3 leg trade that involved raw materials from america to Europe, then those materials get manufactured, and go to africa for slaves which go to america.

Captain John Smith

He was a big political character and led expeditions, and was captured by the powhatan and saved by pocohontas

Virginia company of london

A business that colonized the cheasepeak area and was ment to extract riches

Roger williams

questioned the puritans theft of native land he also argued for seperation from the church of england.

house of burgesse

Composed the first European representatives assembly

Plymouth

A colony in massachuesetts founded by the pilgrims

King philips war

A conflict where the native forces succeded in destroying half puritan towns.

middle passage

part of the triangular trade where slaves went from africa to the colonies

Penn’s letter to the indians

A peace letter to the indians saying he will buy land rather than take it

Nathaniel Bacon

He demanded a military commision to campaign against indians but got turned down. He rebelled but it failed.

Second anglo dutch war

A sea conflict between the dutch and english, English captured new amsterdam and ranamed it new york

pilgrim

A group of religous seperatists that founded plymouth.

Seperatist

A proponent of complete seperation from the english state church

Quakers

Believed in religous equality and were pacfists

Salem witch trials

Suspected witches would get executed

George keith

He criticized the quakers for separating from the teachings at the bible.

Chattel slavery

Where somebody owned a slave and kept order by violence and cruelty

Meta comet

leader ofo womanog who went to war with the english