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| 6710550971 | Columbian Exchange | Trade of goods/viruses/people from New to Old World | 0 | |
| 6710553729 | Economienda System | Lets Spanish settlers control the natives and establish a social hierarchy with them at the top | 1 | |
| 6710562211 | Spanish Armada | In 1588 the Brits defeat it and make colonization of the New World easier | 2 | |
| 6710564791 | Sextant | Device that makes it easier to cross the Atlantic | 3 | |
| 6710566497 | Joint Stock Company | People in Britain pool money for colonization Ex: VA company settling Jamestown in 1607 | 4 | |
| 6710572103 | Spanish Mission System | Converts Indians to Catholicism | 5 | |
| 6710575981 | Sir Walter Raleigh | Settles Roanoke which becomes the Lost Colony in 1587 |  | 6 |
| 6710578172 | Jamestown | Settled in 1607 by VA company Led by Capt. John Smith who declared "he who shall not work shall not eat" | 7 | |
| 6710586045 | Powhatans | Indians that live near Jamestown and supply them with food Once they stop the Virginians die of starvation | 8 | |
| 6710592357 | John Rolfe | Starts tobacco as a cash crop (the first one) and marries Pocahontas |  | 9 |
| 6710596764 | Indentured Servitude | Lucrative way to get Brits over to US by paying for journey but making them indentured servants for 7 years Had high death rate and only 50% made it to end of terms | 10 | |
| 6710605226 | headright system | Gave away free land to rich people who paid for the passage of indentured servant | 11 | |
| 6710609071 | House of Burgesses | Virginian democratic tradition with an elected house that used power of the purse on the Governor |  | 12 |
| 6710613019 | Puritanism | The belief of purifying the Anglican church from catholic practices | 13 | |
| 6710616797 | Separatists | Wanted to separate from Church of England and landed in Plymouth in 1620. More radical form of Puritanism. | 14 | |
| 6710621454 | Mayflower Compact | Signed by the Pilgrims on the ship that gave consent of the governed (not God), assemblies, and a legal code (1620) | 15 | |
| 6710627213 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Founded by Puritans (non-separatists) in 1629 Saw themselves as the "city upon a hill" and believed they have a contract with God Had a protestant work ethic | 16 | |
| 6710645816 | John Winthrop | First gov/founder of the Mass. Bay Colony |  | 17 |
| 6710652282 | Roger Williams | Believed that church and state should be separate and was exiled to RI | 18 | |
| 6710655059 | Anne Hutchinson | Believed that the ticket to salvation was faith and a merciful god, not obeying moral authority and good deeds Was exiled from Mass. Bay | 19 | |
| 6710661228 | Proprietary Colonies | Gifts from the King to his friends/relatives CT, MD, PA, NJ Eventually converted to Royal Colonies |  | 20 |
| 6710818945 | Dominion of New England | (1686) Brits combined NH, RI, MA, CT under the command of Gov. Andros. The colonists revolted in 1692 and drove out the governor | 21 | |
| 6710833586 | Halfway Covenant | (1662) Allows more people to become members of the Puritan church without as much commitment | 22 | |
| 6710816920 | Salem Witch Trials | (1692) A hysterical reaction of the Dominion of New England or Halfway Covenant | 23 | |
| 6710664158 | Fundamental Orders | The first sort of constitution of the colonies in Connecticut (1639) | 24 | |
| 6710668284 | Maryland | Founded by Lord Baltimore as a gift from the King and a haven for catholics | 25 | |
| 6710670035 | Act of Toleration | To appeal Maryland to more people they allow all christian faiths (1649) | 26 | |
| 6710687577 | Native Conflicts | Pequot War and Metacom/King Philip's War | 27 | |
| 6710689178 | Pequot War | War over who controls CT, Mass Bay kills 400 Pequot people in vengeance for Pequot killing a few Mass Bay |  | 28 |
| 6710696935 | Metacom/King Philip's War | Ended the native presence in the colonies (1676) |  | 29 |
| 6710701721 | Slaves in Colonies | Come over in 1619 on Middle Passage of Triangular Trade Generally worked on plantations in the South growing cash crops such as indigo, cotton, tobacco, and rice Some worked in north in houses Only worked for the rich | 30 | |
| 6710710776 | Salutary Neglect | an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty Mid 1600s to mid 1700s | 31 | |
| 6710742510 | Mercantilism | Economic system in which the mother country tries to get a favorable balance of trade | 32 | |
| 6710742875 | Navigation Acts | Protectionist tariff for England that requires colonists to buy from them (1651-1673) Upholds mercantilism | 33 | |
| 6710768416 | Molasses Act | (1733) Import taxes on molasses coming from the West Indies to get colonists to buy English molasses Upholds mercantilism | 34 | |
| 6710777305 | Power of the purse | Early form of checking on the colonial governors in which the house/legislature would cut the salary of the governor to get their legislation through | 35 | |
| 6710786460 | New England Confederation | The first major attempt at consolidation among colonists | 36 | |
| 6710790146 | Bacon's Rebellion | (1676) Nathaniel Bacon wants William Berkley (governor) to let him start a militia to fight the Indians to get more land for new settlers in the west Berkley says no and Bacon starts a rebellion against him Bacon dies and his rebellion doesn't end up all that successful but it is the first populist uprising in America | 37 | |
| 6710798260 | William Berkely | Colonial gov. of VA during Bacon's Rebellion | 38 | |
| 6710801100 | Stono Rebelion | (1739) Rebel slaves escape and free a large number of slaves to contribute to their rebellion They loot and raid things from whites and kill a few on their way to Florida for freedom They get caught and killed and harsher slave codes are enforced | 39 | |
| 6710811505 | Slave Codes | Codes that limited the rights of slaves to prevent uprisings. Slaves were not allowed to learn to read or write. | 40 | |
| 6710841433 | First Great Awakening | Religious revival movement in the 1730s and 1740s. Preached more emotionally and emphatically, getting more of an audience. A reaction to the enlightenment in Europe away from emotion and to reason. | 41 | |
| 6710847619 | Jonathan Edwards | Gave "sinners at the hands of an angry God" speech and captivated his audience | 42 | |
| 6710853766 | George Whitfield | Methodist preacher who was emotional and spiritual | 43 | |
| 6710858498 | New England vs. Middle vs. South | New England: focuses on trade ports (Boston) and has only subsistence farming. Has a puritan work ethic. Middle: the Bread Basket colonies, they have lots of grain and are more diverse than NE. Also have port cities (NY) Chesapeake: A mixture of the lower south and the middle colonies. Major crop is tobacco Lower South: Has a stronger hierarchy and cash crops of cotton, rice, and indigo. | 44 |
