2939743899 | Early Founding of Jamestown | complete failure; the colonists run into difficulties, waste money, greedy | 0 | |
2939750044 | John Smith | practically saves Jamestown by imposing work and order | 1 | |
2939757622 | Jamestown almost dies | colonists sail downriver, meet boat providing supplies and people | 2 | |
2939765143 | John Rolfe | Discovers tobacco growth -> practically only force keeping colonists even mildly successful | 3 | |
2939774771 | House of Burgesses | first democratic assembly in America; assembly in Virginia | 4 | |
2939778522 | indentured servitude | many of these were brought in by the headright system; the popularity of this decreased after Bacon's Rebellion | 5 | |
2939786300 | Maryland | founded by the Calverts; George Calvert (first Lord Baltimore). provides freedom of worship to all Christians | 6 | |
2939795669 | William Berkeley | becomes practical autocrat in Virginia -> prominence leads to Bacon's Rebellion | 7 | |
2939798141 | Bacon's Rebellion | 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, in anger of Virginia's lack of help in defeating the natives, marches on Virginia. SIGNIFICANCE: 1) Indian vs English relations and struggle 2) instability of free landless people -> social unrest leads to slavery | 8 | |
2939813371 | Plymouth Plantation | original settlement of Puritans | 9 | |
2939817367 | Puritan Separitists | wanted to separate from church, wanted to purify church of poor practice | 10 | |
2939823579 | Mayflower Compact | signed by puritans, establishes civil government between Puritans | 11 | |
2939827543 | Pilgrims | had better relations with natives | 12 | |
2939829760 | William Bradford | 13 |
American History: A Survey Chapter 2 Flashcards
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