Untitled Flashcards Set

Jamestown

Founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company, it was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

House of Burgesses

The first representative assembly established in Jamestown.

Plymouth

Founded by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom.

New England Colonies

Colonies based on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade with a society dominated by Puritanism.

Middle Colonies

Characterized by a diverse population and economy, focusing on agriculture and trade.

Southern Colonies

Focused on plantation culture and slave labor, developing a hierarchical society.

Slavery in Virginia (1619)

Marked the beginning of enslaved labor in the Southern colonies for cash crops.

Triangular Trade

Economic system facilitating the exchange of goods, enslaved people, and raw materials among Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

The Proclamation of 1763

Issued by King George III, prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Stamp Act (1765)

Imposed a tax on all printed materials, leading to colonial unrest and the slogan 'no taxation without representation'.

Intolerable Acts (1774)

A series of punitive measures taken by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party.

Mercantilism

Theory that colonies existed to benefit Britain by providing raw materials and purchasing British goods.

Navigation Acts

Laws restricting colonial trade with other countries, leading to colonial opposition.

Crispus Attucks

The first person to die in the Boston Massacre.

'Give me liberty or give me death'

A phrase coined by Patrick Henry, symbolizing the desire for freedom.

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Known as 'the shot heard around the world,' it marked the conflict between Britain and the colonies.