Early Colonization Flashcards
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Flashcards based on lecture notes covering the early colonization of America during the 1500s-1600s.
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Who were the Spanish?
The first to create a permanent settlement in America.
Who was Juan Ponce De Leon?
Explorer who discovered and named Florida in 1513.
What happened in 1565?
The year Aviles started St. Augustine in Florida.
What happened in 1587?
The year of the first English attempt to colonize in Roanoke.
What was Roanoke?
The colony that disappeared after the governor couldn’t get back for three years.
Who was Virginia Dare?
The first English colonist born in the New World.
What was Jamestown?
The first permanent English colony.
What happened in 1607?
The year Jamestown was founded.
What was the Virginia Company?
The company that sent 150 people to found Jamestown.
Who was John Smith?
Explorer who developed the plan “He who works not eats not”
Who were the Powhatan?
The chief Indian tribe at the time of the Jamestown settlement.
What happened in 1609?
The year violence erupted between the English and the Powhatan, leading to the "starving time."
What happened in 1614?
The year John Rolfe married Pocahontas, leading to a small truce.
Who was John Rolfe?
The colonist who helped save the colony by growing tobacco.
What is the Headright System?
A system in which if a person was to move over, they would get 50 acres of land to work with.
Who were Indentured Servants?
People who agreed to work for a set amount of time in exchange for passage, food, and shelter.
Who were the Slaves?
People first came from Africa beginning in 1619.
What was the House of Burgesses?
The representative assembly founded in Jamestown in 1619.
What was Bacon’s Rebellion?
Class struggle with some family overtones mixed in.
Who were Puritans/Separatists?
Determined to purify the Church of England
What was Massachusetts Bay Colony?
New England colony founded in 1630 led by John Winthrop.
Who was William Penn?
Founder of Pennsylvania who based the colony on the ideas of the Quakers.
Who was John Winthrop?
Led the New England colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630.
Who were the Quakers?
The religious group whose ideas William Penn based Pennsylvania on.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
The first agreement for self-government in America, signed by the Pilgrims in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
A group of English religious separatists who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.
What was the significance of tobacco in Jamestown?
It became a cash crop that ensured the colony’s economic survival.
What was the impact of Bacon’s Rebellion?
It highlighted the social and economic tensions in the colony and led to changes in labor practices.
What were the Navigation Acts?
English laws that restricted colonial trade to benefit the mother country.
What was the Great Awakening?
A religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s.
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
An influential preacher during the Great Awakening, known for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
What was the Enlightenment?
An intellectual and philosophical movement that emphasized reason and individualism during the 18th century.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
A prominent figure in the Enlightenment, known for his scientific experiments and political writings.
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