MALACHI MOSS APUSH PERIOD 2

Flashcards for Period 2 (1607-1754) of American History, covering key concepts, events, and figures.

Jamestown

First permanent English settlement in North America.

City on a Hill

John Winthrop's vision for the Massachusetts Bay Colony to be a model Christian community.

Halfway Covenant

A partial church membership offered to the children and grandchildren of full members as the original settlers' fervor waned.

Bacon's Rebellion

An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.

Two Treatises on Government

A work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.

Pilgrims

English Separatists who founded Plymouth colony in 1620 seeking religious freedom.

English Revolution

A period of conflict in England from 1642-1689, including the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution.

King Philip's War

An armed conflict in 1675-1678 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and English colonists and their native allies.

Pueblo Revolt

An uprising in 1680 of most of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish colonizers in present-day New Mexico.

Salem Witch Trials

A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.

Queen Anne's War

The second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between England and France for control of North America.

Poor Richard's Almanack

A yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, containing weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements.

Indentured Servitude

A labor system in which people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a fixed number of years.

New Orleans

A major port city established by the French in 1718.

Roger Williams

A Puritan religious leader who was exiled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his advocacy of religious freedom and the separation of church and state; he founded Rhode Island.

Zenger Trial

A landmark legal case in 1735 that established a precedent for freedom of the press in British North America.

First Great Awakening

An evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, especially the American colonies, in the 1730s and 1740s.

Navigation Acts

A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.

Mayflower Compact

The first governing document of Plymouth Colony, written by the Pilgrims in 1620.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

A famous sermon delivered by Jonathan Edwards during the First Great Awakening, emphasizing the severity of sin and the necessity of divine grace.

Mercantilism

An economic theory and practice, dominant in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.