Chapter 7: Colonial America (1607–1650)

Jacques Cartier

He explored St. Lawrence River in the 1530s — what is now known as Canada (New France).

Samuel de Champlain

He colonized Canada in the 1600s.

Jacques Cartier

He explored St. Lawrence River in the 1530s — what is now known as Canada (New France).

Samuel de Champlain

He colonized Canada in the 1600s.

Samuel de Champlain

Father of New France

Huguenots

The king forbade Protestant ___ from moving to New France.

Mississippi

Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet discovered the upper _ River.

Robert La Salle

He built forts along the Mississippi River and Great Lakes to claim the Mississippi River Valley for France.

Iroquois Confederacy

With the notable exception of the _, most Native American tribes allied with the French in their wars with the British in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Henry Hudson

In 1609, he explored the Hudson River.

Henry Hudson

He established the first Dutch trading posts in Manhattan and Albany.

New Amsterdam

In 1625, Manhattan became __.

New York

In 1664, ___ was born when New Amsterdam surrendered to an English fleet.

Church of England

The _ became the state church of England during the 16th-century English Reformation.

English Puritans

who followed Calvin's more radical Protestantism, hated the Church of England's Catholic tendencies.

Separatists

They were Calvinists who rejected the Church of England.

London Company

In 1606, King James I granted the _ a charter to colonize North America.

Jamestown

In 1607, _ was founded by a London Company expedition.

Starving Time

Jamestown was swampy and unhealthy, and disease and the adventurers' distaste for agriculture caused the _, which killed almost two-thirds of the population.

Captain John Smith

The struggling colony of Jamestown was only saved by _‘s leadership.

Pocahontas

At one point, Smith was captured by the Powhatans and later claimed that he had been saved from execution by , the daughter of the chief.

John Rolfe

Pocahontas later married , one of the ablest English settlers.

tobacco

Rolfe's systematization of cultivation shaped Virginia's history.

William Bradford

In 1620, a group of Separatists, led by , set sail on the Mayflower — the Pilgrims.

Mayflower Compact

Before landing at Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrim men drafted and signed the , which established a representative government for the new colony.

Samoset and Squanto

They helped the Pilgrims' Plymouth colony become self-sufficient.

John Winthrop

He called America a "city upon a hill" where they hoped to build a godly commonwealth.

General Court

Most colonists were Puritans, and only freemen who belonged to a Puritan congregation could vote. The elected legislature was called the ___.

Anne Hutchinson

She challenged most of the colony's ministers' teaching authority by believing she and others could receive direct revelations from the Holy Spirit.

Roger Williams

He was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing religion. He settled in Rhode Island, a theologically freer colony.

Connecticut

Thomas Hooker and John Davenport founded settlements that became .

Calverts

In 1632, King Charles I granted the ____ a charter to found Maryland.

Carolina

In the 1660s, King Charles II gave , which later split into North and South Carolina, to a group of wealthy people.

Puritans

group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so they would have a location to establish a “purer” church than the one that existed in England.

Separatists

religious group that also opposed the Church of England; this group first went to Holland, and then some went on to the Americas.

Indentured servants

individuals who exchanged compulsory service for free passage to the American colonies.

1534–1535

French adventurers explore the St. Lawrence River

1607

The English settle in Jamestown

1619

Virginia establishes House of Burgesses (first colonial legislature)

1620

Plymouth colony founded

1629

Massachusetts Bay Colony founded

1634

Maryland colony founded

1636

Roger Williams expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony and settles in Providence, Rhode Island; Connecticut founded by John Hooker

1642

City of Montreal founded by the French

The French

Which colonists enjoyed the best relations with the Native Americans?

William Bradford

Who of the following was not a religious dissenter in Massachusetts Bay?

Maryland

A colony designated as a refuge for English Catholics was…