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Founded the Roanoake Colony aka the Lost colony
Walter Raleigh
agreement between Spain and Portugal; divided up new world; Spain claimed Americas Portugal claimed Brazil
Treaty of Tordesillas
Rebellion of the back country farmers who wanted more land on the west to farm on. Took place in Virginia
Bacon's Rebellion
England = Protestant
Spain = Catholic
Dutch wanted to be Protestant, England and Spain wage war over Spain trying to convert Dutch.
Spain loses, England the new superpower
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
First settled by mostly men and adventurers; funded by joint-stock companies; starvation and disease; Virginia Company
Jamestown
Queen of England; defeated Spanish Armada; Moderately Protestant
Elizabeth I
daughter of chief of Powhatan tribe; offered as wife of John Rolfe to appease the tensions between indians and settlers
Pocahontas
introduced tobacco crop to Jamestown; married Pocahontas; helped create the tobacco industry and save Jamestown
John Rolfe
harsh leader of the settlers to Jamestown
John Smith
governor of Virginia; called for help from England when he saw the destitution of Jamestown
Thomas Dale
creator of the Calvinist church; predestination
John Calvin
Established the Massachusetts Bay colony; have for the hundreds of exiled Puritans; created a joint-stock legislature
John Winthrop
Dutch governor of Amsterdam; was defeated by Duke of York (future James II)
Peter Stuyvesant
uprising by the Wampanog Indians vs white settlers and led by their chief Metacom; killed 5% of white population; eventually defeated by white settlers
King Philip's War
James II wanted to consolidate the northern colonies into one large royal colony; Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Plymouth colonies, etc.
Dominion of New England
sad piece of writing that predicts doom
Jeremiad
Puritans were persecuted in England; large population migrated to the northern American colonies like Massachusetts
Great Puritan Migration
exiled from Puritan Massachusetts for having Lutheran like prayer meetings in her home; moved to Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
criticized Massachusetts government and their seizure of indian lands without purchase; exiled and formed colony in Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven formed a military alliance; ended bc of colonial rivalries and England's monarch taking control
New England Confederation
founded Pennsylvania; moderate colony that had tolerance for Quakers;
William Penn
bloodless governmental takeover; James II replaced by Mary and William; bill of rights made and Dominion of New England broken up
Glorious Revolution
first constitution drafted in American history; established in Connecticut
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
killing spree of women due to superstition
Salem Witch Trials
land given to people to promote settling; 50 acres for every head that moved to Virginia
Headright system
transportation of slaves from Africa to the West Indies; tight ships that killed many africans with cruel living quarters
middle passage
second generation puritans could take part in church w/o being completely committed to God
halfway covenant
Leisler was unpopular and imposed taxes and alienated people with his religious rage etc; he was beheaded and piked
Leisler's Rebellion
sparked the Great Awakening; very energetic and emotional; delivered emotional sermons and went on 2 year quest to revive piety
George Whitefield
spread the Great Awakening in the Connecticut River Valley; energetic preacher who revived religious piety
Jonathan Edwards
rebellion led against the native americans; citizen vigilante group
Paxton Revolt
They wanted greater political rights for their region and demanded more local courts, fairer taxes, and greater local representation in the provincial assembly. Moderators made them accept colonial govt.
regulator protests
seized Quebec; British Prime minister
William Pitt
treaty: british got canada and florida; france gave up everything.
treaty of paris
frenchman who founded Quebec; decimated the helpful Huron indians with european diseases by accident
Samuel de Champlain