James Oglethorpe
Indentured Servants
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
King Philip's war
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
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
Roanoke Colony
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Jamestown
Colony founded by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away.
New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern colonies, until they just took it with very little resistance
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
Roger Williams
A 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
British colonization
Economic and religious liberty
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.
Puritan culture
Family seen as foundation of social fabric
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.
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Plymouth
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
Pequot war
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Bacons rebellion
British 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.
French colonization
Expanding the fur trade, later plantations in Louisiana
Towns 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
Dutch colonization
Navigation Acts
Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
Asiento System
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
