Pequot warPequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Georgia governmentVery strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
Frozen!
Frozen!
Asiento System
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Dutch WedgeNew Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
First great awakeningA revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
James Oglethorpe
Boost!
Boost!
Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Bacons rebellionBritish settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
Navigation Acts
George WhitefieldA staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
Roanoke ColonyBritians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Praying townsTowns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
joint-stock companyA business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Indentured ServantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
Frozen!
Frozen!
Dutch colonizationFur trade and other economic reasons
PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Boost!
Boost!
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
Anne Hutchinson
A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
Spanish colonization
James OglethorpeGot the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Popham ColonyBritian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Asiento System
Massachusetts Bay ColonyColony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Dutch colonizationFur trade and other economic reasons
Roger Williams
Boost!
Boost!
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
Bacons rebellionBritish settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
King Philip's warKing Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
First great awakening
Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Rise 0f Chesapeake slaveryLaws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
Pequot war
Praying townsTowns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
A staunch Calvinist who began preaching outdoors in England. He moved to the colonies in 1740. In 2 years he was able to speak to over a quarter of the American population
Johnathan Edwards
Puritan cultureFamily seen as foundation of social fabric
Frozen!
Frozen!
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
Roanoke Colony
Indentured ServantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
French colonizationExpanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Boost!
Boost!
Navigation Acts
Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.