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*They wanted to purify the church or make it plainer.
They come to the New World
The Puritans


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Said if you don't work, you don't eat.
John Smith
* He planned the first British Settlement in North America
Sir Walter Raleigh
* An expedition Leader that settled in Roanoke Island.
John White
He established a settlement in Penna as a shelter for a religious group called the Quakers
William Penn
*They believed they were the only ones to understand the Bible.
The Puritans
*They came to the New World because they were discriminated against by the Chruch of England.
The Puritans
*They settled in Mass
The Puritans
His life was saved by Pocahantas
John Smith
* A soldier who fought for money.
John Smith
*Became the leader of the Jamestown colony.
John Smith
Grew up in a castle with servants
William Penn
Tried to defend the people who were beaten and were considered trouble makers
William Penn
Became a Quaker
William Penn
Believed that all men and women were equal
William Penn
Asked the king for a grant of land to in America
William Penn
State of Penna named after him
William Penn
Wrote a charter if liberties that served as a model for the Constitution
William Penn
Established Maryland for himself and other Roman Catholics
Lord Baltimore
Believed in Religious Freedom and allowed Catholics and Protestants to settle in Maryland.
Lord Baltimore
Father of Pocohontas
Powhatan
Agreed to give colonists corn
and saved them from starvation
Powhatan
Sentenced John Smith to Death for killing two Algonkins
Powhatan
The first permanent English Settlement was named after him
King James I
Granted the land called Virginia
King James I
King of England in early 1600's
King James I
The first established permanent settlement in Virginia
Jamestown
A fort built near the river that flowed into the Chesapeake Bay.
Jamestown
Named after King James
Jamestown
John Smith took command of the colony after the leaders fought with each other and people were dying of hunger and disease
Jamestown
Formed with the charter
The Virginia Company
A state of plenty
prosperity
Goods sent to another country
export
A deadly disease carried by mosquitos
malaria
brought in from another country
imports
Capable of being reached
accessible
Describe the English people who first settled in Jamestown
* an odd mix of gentlemen, wanderers and adventurers.

*They built a fort near the river that flowed into the Chesapeak Bay.

* They chose the site so ships could land and so they could easily defent himself.
What events and conditions in Jamestown almost caused the new colony to fail?
Starvation

malaria

Quarrelling among the leaders

Swampy poor land.

Salty water.

Poor shelter.
Explain the signifigance of corn and tobacco to the Jamestonw colony?
Corn saved the people from starvation.

Tobacco was a crop that could be sold as a profit that brought prosperity to Virginia
*He returned to England to get
more supplies but when he sailed back to Roanoke his family and other settlers were gone.
John White
Rifles used by the Europeans settling in North America
Muskets
Plain Building used by the Quaker teachers where everyone had a saying during sessions.
Meeting House
Large farms or estates
Plantations
When the puritans Mayflower landed in the New World, they signed a compact (agreement) to be "just and equal".
Mayflower Compact
People who wanted to seperate from the church and go to the New World and make their own church.
Separatists
Was an American Hero, because she fought for religious freedom against the Puritans in Boston in the 1630s.
Anne Hutchinson
A Christiona religious group unlike other colonies were the firt to accept other religions into communites.
Quakers
Had a court and a jury
Quakers
People who wander
Pilgrims
He was the planner of the first settlement in North America on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolian
Sir Walter Raleigh
He developed tobacco in Virginia that was sold to England
John Rolfe
Married to Pocahantas
John Rolfe
Saved and married John Rolfe
Pocahastas
She died of smallpox while visiting England
Pocahantas
He was the Governor of the Plymouth Colony in Mass. He hosted the first Thanksgiving in the New World
William Bradford
Pastor of a church in Salem who felt the Puritans had no right to impose their beliefs on everyone. He was banished from Mass. and started a settleement he named Providence. It became the colony of Rhode Island
Rodger Williams
Founded the colony of Rhode Island
Rodger Williams
Served as a model for the U.S. Constitution
Charter of Liberties
Wrote the Charter of Liberties
William Penn
What problems did Jamestown colony have at first?
Malaria due to swamply land. Poor water. Flimsy housing. Not enough food. Quarreling among the colony.
How did John Smith try to help Jamestown colony survive?
John Smith took command of the colony by making everyone work and convinced the Powhatan to give the colony corn.
What crop helped the colony make a profit?
Tobacco
Why was Anne Hutchinson banished from the Puritan colony?
She criticized ministers of the established church.
Why did Penn leave England?
He wanted to start a colony where he could have religious freedom.
How did Penn get the land for his colony?
Penn's father died and the King owed him $80,000. Instead he asked the King for a grant of land in America
What are the main parts of Penn's Charter of Liberties?
Lawmakers would be elected the citizens.

Every male could vote

Freedom of religion

Freedom of speech

Trial by jury if accused of crime
What important document did the Charter of Liberties serve as a model for?
The U.S. Constitution
How did Penn treat the Indians and people of different beliefs and backgrounds
Penn treated Indians and people with honesty and fairness.
What were the beliefs of the Puritans?
They believed that they are the only people to understand the bible.
What were the beliefs of the Quakers?
Be honest in business
Be kind to the sick and imprisoned
Treat all people fairly
Three beliefs
Why were people enslaved in Africa and the Arab World?
Soldiers defeated in battle saved their lives by accepting servitude to their conquerors , committing serious crimes or were sold to pay their debts.
How did slavery differ form what would develop in British colonies of North America?
It was not a lifetime condition but only for a short period of time.
What was the myth concerning the capture of African slaves as well as how the slave trade did operate in Africa?
Slaves were captured by fellow Africans and brought to West African ports by a forced march. They were then exchangd for guns, iron, copper, and rum.
How did the capture of slaves turn into a vicious cylce in Africa?
Tribes used the guns they got from slave traders to raid their neighbors to get slaves who could be sold for still more guns, copper, iron and rum.
What was the myth that the Virgina Company promoted to attract people into becoming an indentured servant?
Pamphlet were handed out that promised people housing, gardens, food, clothing and land.
What was the typical day in the life of an indentured servant on a plantation?
Each morning they were awaken by a drum and marched into the field. The worked all day and another drum called them to church, then home to sleep on the dirt floors of rat infested cabins.
How did the Virginia Company keep the brutal treatment of indentured a secret?
Censors read the servants letters that they sent home. Anyone caught writing about how bad they were being treated would be executed.