protestant reformation:: post - King Henry viii’s break from the Roman Catholic Church (for wanting a divorce), and induced by Martin Luther’s publishing of his 95 Theses against the Roman Catholic Church. - created the christian sect of protestantism.
Roanoke island:: North Carolina colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585
Spanish armada:: fleet of 130 Spanish ships in 1588 against England - began the downfall of the spanish empire after this failure of an invasion
primogeniture:: first-born son gets property inheritance, calvinistic value
joint-stock company:: money pooling system of stocks bought and sold by shareholders (adventurers) - used to finance trips if it would be too expensive for a single person, or even a gov’t to fund
Virginia Company:: Virginian joint-stock company/trade company given a charter by England (king james i) to colonize the eastern region of NA (Virginia - named after queen elizabeth i) (queen elizabeth i ruled before king james i)
charter:: grant/guarantee of items or benefits in exchange for something (ex: colonization for the crown, etc)
Jamestown:: region in Virginia that became the first settlement by Europe on NA land (named after King James i)
first anglo-Powhatan war:: induced by conflict over resources between the Powhatans and the European settlers. (1609-1614) resolved following the marriage of Pocahontas (Powhatan’s daughter) and John Rolfe, a settler.
second anglo-Powhatan war:: induced by the attacks of the Powhatans (led by his successor) against the English settlers, as an effort to drive them out one last time. disease and destruction ensued, hurting the Englishmen, although the settlers ended up successful. (1622-1632)
House of Burgesses::self gov’t summoned by the Virginia Company - a council that est. laws - in Williamsburg, Virginia (est. capital of VA)
Act of Toleration:: passed by the Maryland assembly (catholic) (1649) - tolerated Christian settlers
Barbados slave code:: eliminated fundamental rights to slaves - masters had total control, including control over punishments
squatters:: settlers with no rights to be in the places they were who planted cash crops in them.
Tuscarora Wa:: - NC’s armed men (armed by SC) killed natives (1711-1715)
buffer:: Georgia’s place/role in the English crown. (protection colony)
==people to know:==
Henry viii:: English king w 6 marriages. asked for a church-ordered divorce, and got excommunicated. created the Anglican church.
Elizabeth i:: Protestant queen of England, defeated the Spanish armada
James i:: king post-elizabeth i
Sir Francis Drake:: fought the Spanish armada, knighted on his boat by queen Elizabeth i
Sir Walter Raleigh:: est. the Roanoke colony in NC
Captain John Smith:: initially led the Jamestown settlement
Powhatan:: a native leader in the Virginia area
Pocahontas:: Powhatan’s daughter
Lord De La Warr:: gov. of Jamestown (VA), named Delaware
John Rolfe:: leader of the Virginian colony, cultivated tobacco to save the colony.
Lord Baltimore:: est. Maryland
Oliver Cromwell:: lead the commonwealth of England
Hiawatha:: native leader - united the five nations into a confederacy
ch3 vocab:
calvinism:: birthed from Lutheranism - believed in predestination - est. John Calvin - french
predestination:: calvinistic value that stated that god had already assigned where a soul would go after death. (heaven/hell)
puritans:: people who believed in the reformation of the anglican church - they were english protestants seeking to reform england’s church.
separatists:: (aka dissenters) were protestants who didnt want all the corruptions of the anglican, so they grew apart from it.
mayflower compact:: contract for self-gov’t for english settlers/pilgrims for the new world on the mayflower.
massachusetts bay colony:: larger colony compared to all the other english settlements. puritans came in waves.
great english migration::
antinomianism::
fundamental orders::
pequot war::
king philip’s war::
new england confederation::
english civil war::
dominion of new england:: 1686 founded - union of new england and middle colonies to fight native american attacks. boosted colonial defenses. employed by england
navigation laws:: NA trade restrictions to supply goods to england directly. it kept the motherland of england close by.