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7185674220Lord De La WarrNew governor of Jamestown who arrived in 1610, immediately imposing a military regime in Jamestown and declaring war against the Powhatan Confederacy. Employed "Irish tactics" in which his troops burned houses and cornfields.0
7185674221PocahontasIndian princess, daughter of Powhatan; friend to Jamestown settlers, because of her influence, helped save the colony of Jamestown; married John Rolfe which led to a time of peace between the English and the Indians1
7185674222PowahatanChief of the Powhatan Indians- father of Pocahantas2
7185674223Handsome LakeA Seneca, who led the most important revivalism among Native Americans, had a miraculous rebirth after years of alcoholism helped give him a special stature with his tribe. His message, which mostly spread to the remaining Iroquois, said that Native Americans should give up the nasty customs they developed from white culture, and restore the quality of the Indian world.3
7185674224John RolfeRolfe was an Englishman who became a colonist in the early settlement of Virginia. He is best known as the man who married the Native American, Pocahontas and took her to his homeland of England. Rolfe was also the savior of the Virginia colony by perfecting the tobacco industry in North America. Rolfe died in 1622, during one of many Indian attacks on the colony.4
7185674225Walter RaleighReceived a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to explore the American coastline. His ships landed on Roanoke, which became a "lost colony."5
7185674226Lord BaltimoreFounded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.6
7185674227James OglethorpeFounder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony.7
7185674228Humphrey Gilbertan English courtier whose interest in a Northwest Passage through North America to the Orient led him to an unsuccessful attempt to found an English colony in Newfoundland in the early 1580s. He was lost at sea on the return voyage.8
7185674229Oliver CromwellEnglishman; led the army to overthrow King Charles I and was successful in 1646. Cromwell ruled England in an almost democratic style until his death. His uprising drew English attention away from Jamestown and the other American colonies.9
7185674230John SmithJohn Smith took over the leadership role of the English Jamestown settlement in 1608. Most people in the settlement at the time were only there for personal gain and did not want to help strengthen the settlement. Smith therefore told the people, "people who do not work do not eat." His leadership saved the Jamestown settlement from collapsing.10
7185674231John WesleyPowerful evangelists of the Great Awakening. The helped spread the message of the revival and founded Methodism. With George Whitefield, he visited Georgia and other colonies in the 1730s.11
7185674232Francis DrakeFrom 1577 to 1580, this explorer sailed to the Pacific to raid Spanish ships. He also explored the coast of California, then continued on to be the 2nd man to sail around the world.12
7185674233William PennPenn, an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.13
7185674234Henry VIII(1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532.14
7185674235Elizabeth IQueen in the 1570s when Britain began interest in New World. She never made a major commitment to colonization. Full scale attempts at colonies didn't happen until after her death in 1603. Private enterprise more important than royal support.15
7185674236Philip IISupporter of Catholic Church, increased power for Spain with riches from the Americas, Absolute Monarchy, Divine Right.16
7185674237James I1606 chartered the virginia Company w/ authority to colonize N. America17
7185674238Charles IKing of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 164918
7185674239Charles IIin 1660 ascended the English throne and created a string of new settlements: The Restoration Colonies; a generous but extravagant man who was always in debt, he rewarded 8 aritocratic supporters with a gift of the Carolinas, an area long claimed by Spain and populated by thousands of Indians.19
7185674240Deganawidah and HiawathaIroquois leaders who told warring Iroquois groups to stop fighting; co-founders of Iroquois Confederacy20
7185674241George IIBecame king of England in 1727, the 13th colony (Georgia) was named after him21
7185674242joint-stock companyA company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.22
7185674243enclosure movementin England in the 1700s, the process of taking over and fencing off public lands23
7185674244House of Burgesses1st Elected Legislative assembly in the New World est. in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legistlative acts.24
7185674245Royal CharterRoyal document granting a specified group the right to form a colony and guaranteeing settlers their rights as English citizens25
7185674246Slave Codeslaws that controlled the lives of enslaved african americans and denied them basic rights; "borrowed" from Barbados26
7185674247Yeoman Farmerin former times was free and cultivated his own land27
7185674248Proprieteran owner or owner-manage of land granted by the king used to refer to one of the lords propieter, who were granted carolina by king charles II28
7185674249SquatterPerson who settles on land without title or right: Early settlers in NC became squatters when they put their small farms on the new land. Raised tobacco on the land that they claimed & Tobacco later became a major cash crop for NC29
7185674250Law of Primogenitureeldest son receives all of the inheritance; forced younger sibling to look for wealth elsewhere (America)30
7185674251Indentured ServantLaborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America31
7185674252Starving TimeThe winter of 1609 to 1610 was known as the "starving time" to the colonists of Virginia. Only sixty members of the original four-hundred colonists survived. The rest died of starvation because they did not possess the skills that were necessary to obtain food in the new world.32
7185674253Sea DogsEnglish sea captains authorized to raid Spanish ships and towns.33
7185674254Surplus Populationremarkably mobile population in England due to footloose farmers from enclosure; went to New World to work and gain money34
71856742551st Anglo-Powhatan Wardeclared by Lord De La Warr when he took over Jamestown; marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (first interracial union in Virginia) ended war in 161435
71856742562nd Anglo-Powhatan WarIndians last effort to dislodge Virginians, they were defeated. Peace treaty of 1646 stopped any hope of creating native peoples into Virginia society or peace with coexisting.36
7185674257Act of TolerationA legal document that allowed all Christian religions in Maryland: Protestants invaded the Catholics in 1649 around Maryland: protected the Catholics religion from Protestant rage of sharing the land: Maryland became the #1 colony to shelter Catholics in the New World.37
7185674258Barbados Slave CodeThe harsh system of laws governing African labor, first developed in barbados and later officially adopted by South Carolina in 169638
7185674259Virginia CompanyJoint-Stock Company in London that received a charter for land in the new world. Charter guarantees new colonists same rights as people back in England.39
7185674260English Restoration(1660-1688) Restoration of the monarchy in England, marked the return of Charles II as king after the period of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, bishops were restored to Parliament, expansion of colonial trade40
7185674261Act of TolerationAn act passed in Maryland 1649 that granted freedom of worship to all Christians; although it was enacted to protect the Catholic minority in Maryland, it was a benchmark of religious freedom in all the colonies. It did not extend to non-Christians, however.41
7185674262Savannah IndiansIn 1707 ended their alliance with the Carolinians and would have migrated to the backcountry of Maryland and Pennsylvania, but before they could leave were annihilated by the Indian tribes of coastal Carolina42
7185674263Iroquois ConfederacyAn alliance of five northeastern Amerindian peoples (after 1722 six) that made decisions on military and diplomatic issues through a council of representatives. Allied first with the Dutch and later with the English, it dominated W. New England.43
7185674264Santa FeServed as capitol of the Spanish colonies in North America44
7185674265QuebecFirst permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain45
7185674266Jamestown1st successful settlement in the VA colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610 supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. Settlement became part of the Virginia Company of London in 1620. Population remained low due to lack of supplies until agriculture was solidly established. Grew prosperous w/ shipping port when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export & cash crop46
7185674267Charles TownA city named for King Charles II in (what was then called) the Carolina colony; at the time, it was the busiest seaport in the South. It was a proponent of religious toleration.47
7185674268Powhatan's ConfederacyDominate native people James River area when English came 1607, saw English as allies at first to extend power over Indian rivals48
7185674269ChesapeakeThe VA / MD Bay area that was the site of the earliest colonial settlement.49
7185674270English Civil WarConflict from 1640 to 1660; included religious and constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of a limited monarchy.50
7185674271QuakersEnglish dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania51

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