APUSH Period 2 Review (1607-1754)

First Colony

Jamestown, Virginia 1607

John Smith

“He that will not work shall not eat” (everyone’s starving)

First Colony

Jamestown, Virginia 1607

John Smith

“He that will not work shall not eat” (everyone’s starving)

John Rolffe

discovered tobacco

Indentured Servitude

Worked land in exchange for transportation to the new world, then were set free

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

Ended indentured servitude because of its unreliability

Pennsylvania

founded by William Penn, for religious freedom

Mayflower compact (1620)

First sign of self-governance seen in the new world through this signed document

House of Burgesses 1619

First elected legislative body, elected by the people for the people

Triangular Trade

The transport of goods from England to Africa for slaves, and through the Middle Passage to the New World

Middle Passage

the stretch of ocean where slaves were transported over

Navigation Acts

enforced Mercantilist policies under Britain

Stono Rebellion

A rebellion as a result of stricter slave codes

Great Awakening

Mass spread of religion