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St. Augustine
Est 1565, Before Jamestown, Oldest city founded by Europeans
Santa Fe
Est 1610, Established as capital of New Mexico
French Fur Trade
Traveling throughout interior of North America purchasing furs gathered by American Indians
Samuel de Champlain
Settled Quebec, First French Settlement
Loius Jolliet/ Jacques Marquette
Explored upper Mississippi river
Robert de La Salle
Explored MIssissippi Basin, named it Louisiana after the King
New Orleans
Prosperous trade center, French moved south down Mississippi River and established it
New Amsterdam
Land discovered by Hudsons sail up the Hudson River
John Cabot
Explored new world
Virginia Company/ Jamestown
Joint stock company that founded first permanent colony in America
Headright System
Provided 50 acres of land to anyone who paid for a passage for a settler to the colony
Separatists/Pilgrims
Radical dissenters who wanted seperation from church and royal crown.
William Bradford
Leader of Plymouth that grew their economy
Puritans
Moderate dissenters, church of england could be reformed or purified
John Winthrop/ Great Migration
Sailed for massachusetts and founded boston due to religious conflict
Maryland
Part of virginia , proprietary colony, lord baltimore
Act of Toleration
Statute granting religious freedom to all christians, death for those against jesus
Corporate colonies
joint stock company’s
Royal Colonies
direct rule of kings govt
Proprietary Colonies
Individual charters of ownership by the king
Rhode island
Banished dissenters from bay colony
Thomas Hooker
Led a large group of boston puritans and founded Wartford
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Established a representative gov with a legislature elected by popular vote
John Davenport
Started south of hartford, second settlement of Connecticut Valley
Restoration Colonies
new american colonies founder in late 17th century of the monarchy
Pennsylvania
middle colony, fertile land, forested land royals sold to william penn
Frame of Govt
guaranteed a representative assembly elected by land owners and a constitution
Charters of liberties
written constitution, freedom of wurshmo for all and unrestricted immigration
James orglethrope
let the philanthropists with royal colonists for proprietary colonists
House of burgesses
first representative assembly in america dominated by elite partners
Mayflower compact
Pledge to mane decisions by will of majority
