9/22 Quiz - arrival of the colonists

england’s incentives to traveling to the New World

• Recreation of Thomas Moore’s Utopia, which talked about a perfect society on a New World island

• enclosure movement increased poverty because landowners were converting farmer’s land for the wool market

• mercantilism encouraged merchants to gain wealth from foreign markets to benefit their nation’s wealth

Jamestown

second settlement after Roanoke failure, John Smith greatly helped organize the colony

white european culture

any culture which does not match the white european culture is inferior or non existent.

• gave europeans the justification to do wahtever they wanted

• white man’s burden!!

• english language, christian religion were the foundations of WE culture

Bacon’s Rebellion

White owner felt that he was being taxes too much by the government so he rallied and attacked the Virginian capital

• Showed that people could take action on the government if they were unhappy with how the gov was treating them.

navigation acts 1660

acts of parliament that restricted colonial trade to mother country to decrease England’s dependance on foreign goods

Dominion of New England 1686

combined governments of MA with the rest of New England, created to stop the trade smuggling done by the colonists

• eventually failed because of the Glorious Revolution, and new english monarchs that weren’t as restrictive on the colonists

pilgrims

wanted out of the Church of England because they though they were too influenced by the Catholic Church

Myles Standish

hired as the Plymouth colony military leader

Mayflower Compact

first democratic document written in the New World, an agreement that made the colonists obey the government of the Plymouth colony

puritans

wanted to stay within Church of England, but wanted to purify it

virginian house of burgesses 1619

first elected house of representatives

new england town meetings

anybody in the twon can come to the town house to talk about their local issues

fundamental orders of Connecticut 1639

first constitution or set of laws, stated the limits of the governments

marlyand act of toleration 1649

any christian could worship the way they wanted

salutary neglect 1630-1763

England left the colonies alone for 130 years, gave much time for the colonies to improve to advance their own institutions

halfway covenant

colonial protestant Church saw that people were slipping away from Church, so they created the halfway covenant to encourage people to still go to Church

Salem Witch Trials

young girls who were exposed to voodism by a Tituba slave were being killed for practicing witchcraft.

• witches accused were often old unmarried women who didn’t have families to defend you

• spectral evidence - evidence based on witness testimony

mercantilism

colony only existed for the good of the mother country, NE provided resources and markets for England

indentured servants

young men come to the colonies by becoming a servant to start a new life, their debt was the travel/living fee in the New World

increased demand for workers in the colonies

1. reduced immigration within the country

2. things improved in England so fewer people moved to the New World

3. landowners felt that worker wage needed to be decreased

• that’s why slaves were in high demand!!