unit one

Virginia Company

The first joint-stock company in the colonies; founded Jamestown; promised gold. Motivation wsa wealth

House of Burgesses

the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia. Rich White guys

Tobacco in Virginia

largest cash crop, when they couldn't find gold they started profiting off of this. "Brown Gold"

Motive of Colonization in Massachusetts

Escape from religious persecution

Puritan opinion of Diversity

Rejected and Persecuted

Quakers

preached a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania

Navigation Acts

Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.

Middle passage

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies. Brutal and resulted in some death and disease

Bacon's Rebellion

Uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part. The uprising was a protest against the governor of Virginia, William Berkeley and lack of land available in the back country of Va..

Roger Williams

A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south

Mercantilism

European government policies of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country and its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland country

Indentured Servants

Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor

Religious beliefs in Middle Colonies

Diverse

Economic system in South

Plantation Agriculture

Cold Climate, Rocky Soil, Puritan Population

New England Colonies

African Culture

Song, Dance, Basket weaving

Salutary Neglect

idea that the colonies benefited by being left alone, without too much British interference

The Great Awakening

This was a major religious revival in the colonies, which began in the 1730's with its leader being Jonathan Edwards.

Raw Materials

From Colonies to England on Triangular trade

"City on a Hill"

John Winthrop wanted Massachusetts Bay Colony to be a Puritan model society based on Christian principles. Puritans tried to live perfect lives.

Salem Witch Trials

Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts . 18 people were hanged as witches. Played on the fears and paranoia of the Puritan community.

King Philip's War

Early, bloody conflict between English colonists and Native Americans in New England. Ended all future Indian conflict

Powhatan Indians

The Indians surrounding Jamestown that warred with the English colonists. Peace came when the chief's daughter married John Rolfe. Later they killed Rolfe and many others

Mayflower Compact

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

Southern Colonies

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Middle Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

New England Colonies

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire