Unit 1-2 Timeline Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the Unit 1 (1492-1607) and Unit 2 (1607-1754) timeline notes.

Colombus Exploration

The beginning of European exploration lead by Columbus in 1492.

Encomienda

A labor system that began in 1503.

Bartolome De Las Casas

The individual who wrote a letter to the monarchy in 1542 regarding colonial treatment.

St. Augustine

A settlement founded in 1565.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement, founded in 1607.

"starving time"

A period of forced starvation in the Jamestown colony occurring between 1609-1610.

House of Burgesses

The first legislative assembly in the American colonies, established in 1619.

Mayflower Compact/Plymouth Rock

The agreement and subsequent landing that occurred in 1620.

Massachusetts Bay colony

A colony established in 1630.

"Great Pilgrim Migration"

The mass movement of pilgrims occurring between 1630-1640.

Rhode Island colony

A colony established in 1636.

Anne Hutchinson

A religious dissenter who was banished in 1638.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The first written constitution in America, established in 1639.

Act of Religious Toleration

A law passed in 1649 providing religious freedom to Christian settlers.

Navigation Acts

A series of laws restricting colonial trade, passed between 1650-1673.

Salutary Neglect

An unofficial policy that began in 1650 and ended in 1754, where the British monarchy relaxed enforcement of strict regulations.

King Phillip's War (Metacom's War)

A conflict between 1675-1676 involving the Wampanoag and New England colonists.

Bacon's Rebellion

An armed rebellion that occurred in Virginia in 1676.

Pennsylvania

A colony established in 1681.

Dominion of New England

The administrative union of English colonies established in 1686.

Witch Trials

The series of hearings and prosecutions in Massachusetts in 1692.

First Great Awakening

A series of religious revivals that took place from the 1720s-1740s.

Molasses Act

An act passed in 1733 imposing taxes on imports of molasses from non-British colonies.

Zengler Trial

A 1735 legal case that was an important step towards freedom of the press.

Stono Rebellion

A slave rebellion that occurred in 1739 in South Carolina.

French and Indian War

A conflict that began in 1754, which marked the end of the period of Salutary Neglect.