Key Concepts, Vocabulary, Groups or Events to Know

1607

Jamestown was discovered

Virginia company

The Virginia company sent out the colonist that discovered Jamestown, they were a joint stock company trying to make wealth for its shareholders

Starving time

When Jamestown wasn’t prepared about food and raided the Natives

House of burgesses

Elected by freemen, All white men (except for indentured servants)

Bacons Rebelion

Bacon wanted to expand Jamestown, Have more land and territory, he had to go through native land and was ready kill them. This caused conflict because the Jamestown leaders wanted to keep peace.

Indentured servants

Servants under contract, Freedom dues, worked willingly, after time were able to gain land and integrate into the outside world

Freedom dues

Once an indentured servants contract was over they received food, land, and other benefits.

African Slaves

Workers brought over unwillingly, Not many were able to gain freedom, had no social mobility, Were workers for life.

Tobacco

High maintenance plant, made Jamestown A lot of money, Discovered by James Rolfe.

Plantation

A field where all the work happens

1619

The first slave ship was sent from africa

1620

The pilgrims arrival on the Mayflower

Mayflower Compact

signed by 41 free men to establish colony governance and prevent mutiny, acknowledged king's overall authority but also settlers rights to self-rule through own fair laws.

1630

John Winthrop leads a Puritan migration of 900 colonists to Massachusetts Bay, where he will serve as the first governor

City upon the hill

John Winthrop stated, establishing religious principles of justice, mercy, humility and fellowship, will keep the souls of the Pilgrims to their religious task through all poverty instantly.

 theocracy

Government led by a priest in the name of god

Separation of church and state

the rule where the government must maintain an attitude of neutrality toward religion.