14750254733 | Walter Raleigh | Founder of England's first American colony. (Roanoke, it failed) | ![]() | 0 |
14750254734 | Elizabeth I | English Queen during golden age. Reestablished Protestantism as the state religion of England and she led the defeat of the Spanish Armada. | ![]() | 1 |
14750254735 | Treaty of Tordesillas | a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal. | ![]() | 2 |
14750254736 | Pocahontas | a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown. Marriage to John Rolfe = first interracial union in america= Peace settlement ending the Anglo-Powhatan War | ![]() | 3 |
14750254737 | John Rolfe | He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony. | ![]() | 4 |
14750254738 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada | 1588 by Elizabeth 1 of England, English naval supremacy. | ![]() | 5 |
14750254739 | john smith | Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter. | ![]() | 6 |
14750254740 | Jamestown | Founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London.elected Captain John Smith as their leader. | ![]() | 7 |
14750254741 | Thomas Dale | Made governor of Jamestown after John Smith, stern, didn't believe in laziness, created daily schedule | ![]() | 8 |
14750254742 | John Calvin | INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION: emphasized predestination and he rejected the medieval Church. he believed that the church and state should be united under the Calvinist faith | ![]() | 9 |
14750254743 | John Winthrop | Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned colony as a "city upon a hill" (covenant theology) | ![]() | 10 |
14750254744 | Peter Stuyvesant | The governor of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (netherland?), hated by the colonists. They surrendered the colony to the English on Sept. 8, 1664. | ![]() | 11 |
14750254745 | Anne Hutchinson | A religious dissenter whose ideas provoked an intense religious and political crisis in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1636 and 1638. She challenged the principles of Massachusetts's religious and political system. Her ideas became known as the heresy of Antinomianism, a belief that Christians are not bound by moral law. She was latter expelled, with her family and followers, and went and settled at Rode Island, killed by indians | ![]() | 12 |
14750254746 | King Phillips War | Started over land ownership disagreements. The War Between the Puritans and the Pequot, Narragansett,Wampanog, and Nipmunk indians. armed indians in raiding NE towns, eng & allies won, survivors fled N, increase indian hate | ![]() | 13 |
14750254747 | Roger Williams | He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. | ![]() | 14 |
14750254748 | Dominion of New england | 1686-The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros) Charters and self rule were revoked, and the king enforced mercantile laws. The new setup also made for more efficient administration of English Navigation Laws, as well as a better defense system. | ![]() | 15 |
14750254749 | New England Confederation | New England colonists (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven, and Plymouth) formed this in 1643 as a defense against local Native American tribes and encroaching Dutch. The colonists formed the alliance without the English crown's authorization. | ![]() | 16 |
14750254750 | Patroonships | Vast estates along the Hudson River established by the Dutch. They had difficulty attracting peasant labor, and most were not successful. | ![]() | 17 |
14750254751 | William Penn | Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)-formally launched colony in 1681-"peace loving quaker" founder of colony focused on maintaining positive realtions with Indians | ![]() | 18 |
14750254752 | Jeremiads | Puritan preachers Taking their cue from the doom-saying Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, earnest preachers scolded parishioners for their waning piety.Scared people off, decline of puritanism | ![]() | 19 |
14750254753 | Glorious Revolution 1688 | Bloodless overthrow of King James II. established William and Mary as the new leaders. | ![]() | 20 |
14750254754 | Great Puritan Migration | Many Puritans migrated from England to North America during the 1620s to the 1640s due to belief that the Church of England was beyond reform. Eg 1630 group of puritans led by john winthrop found MA Bay Colony | ![]() | 21 |
14750254755 | Treaty of Utrecht | 1713, ended Queen Ann's War, transferred large areas of French territory in North America to English including Nova Scotia and Newfoundland | ![]() | 22 |
14750254756 | Bacon's Rebellion | Indentured servants in Virginia revolt against gov and landowners (origionally over lack of protection from indians on frontier).- Nathaniel Bacon former indentured servant and angered at Berkeley who was more concerned with the trade relations with the Indians- burn Jamestown. look to african slaves as less troublesome source of labor | ![]() | 23 |
14750254757 | Middle passage | the middle portion of the triangular trade that brought African slaves to the Americas | ![]() | 24 |
14750254758 | Salem witch trials | Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts at which Cotton Mather presided as the chief judge. 18 people were hanged as witches. Terrible mistake, shows social tensions, decline of puritanism. | ![]() | 25 |
14750254759 | half way covenant | response to decline of puritanism. The puritan practice where by parents who had been baptized but had not yet experienced conversion could bring their children before the church and have them baptized.weakend distinction between "elect" and others- dramatizied the difficulty of maintainignreligious devotion | ![]() | 26 |
14750254760 | headright system | Parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists. | ![]() | 27 |
14750254761 | Leisler's rebellion | uprising in late 17th century colonial New York, in which militia capitani seized control of lower New York from 1689 to 1691. The uprising, which occurred in the midst of Britain's "Glorious Revolution," reflected colonial resentment against the policies of King James II. Royal authority was restored in 1691 by British troops sent by James' successor, William III. | ![]() | 28 |
14750254762 | Triangular Trade | Illegal trade created to generate money to buy english goods.The backbone of New England's economy during the colonial period. Ships from New England sailed first to Africa, exchanging New England rum for slaves. The slaves were shipped from Africa to the Caribbean (this was known as the Middle Passage, when many slaves died on the ships). In the Caribbean, the slaves were traded for sugar and molasses. Then the ships returned to New England, where the molasses were used to make rum. | ![]() | 29 |
14750254763 | First Great Awakening | 1st grassroots american social movement.series of revivals making church more emotional. Old lights (against) new lights (for). results: democratic, new denominations (meth and bapt), more choice, colleges, old clergy looses prestige | ![]() | 30 |
14750254764 | George Whitefield | Most influentian new light speaker during first great awakening | ![]() | 31 |
14750254765 | Jonathon edwards | New light preatcher who started the first Great awakening | ![]() | 32 |
14750254766 | John Peter Zenger | "Zenger case", Newspaperman thrown in jail for accusing his colony's governor of wrongdoing, Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued, and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found innocent-positive step in favor of the freedom of the press as well as the well being of democracy-enabled more printers to express themselves and aided in establishing the doctrine that the true statements could not be prosecuted as libel. | ![]() | 33 |
14750254767 | Paxton Revolt | They were a group of Scots-Irish men living in the Appalachian hills that wanted protection from Indian attacks. They made an armed march on Philadelphia in 1764. They protested the lenient way that the Quakers treated the Indians. Their ideas started the Regulator Movement in North Carolina. | ![]() | 34 |
14750254768 | Phyllis Wheatley | 1st important African american writer. Abolitionists later point to her as proof that they are intellectually equal | ![]() | 35 |
14750254769 | William Pitt | The Prime Minister of England during the French and Indian War. He increased the British troops and military supplies in the colonies, and this is why England won the war. | ![]() | 36 |
14750254770 | Treaty of Paris 1763 | Ended the French and Indian (7yrs) war. Britian dominated, French kicked out of N america | ![]() | 37 |
14750254771 | Pontiac's Rebellion | After French and Indian War, Indian chief gathered tribes in Ohio river valley to attack british forts. Squashed. Led to brit issuing proclamation of 1763 | ![]() | 38 |
14750254772 | Proclamation of 1763 | After 7yrs war and Pontiac's rebellion.A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. Purpose was to control social tension between colonists and Indians- save money by separating them | ![]() | 39 |
14750254773 | Samuel de Champlain | Cartographer, explorer, governor of New France, founder of Quebec. The major role Champlain played in the St Lawrence River area earned him the title of "father of New France." | ![]() | 40 |
14750254774 | Albany Congress | 1754 Organized by Ben. Franklin, congress between Iriquois and 7 colonies. Ensure continued Iriquoi loyalty to colonies (immediate) colonial unity (long termish)-Was meant to unite colonies and fight against the French-purpose failed-Iroquois broke off relations with Britain and threatened to trade with France | ![]() | 41 |
14750254775 | Battle of Quebec | (1759) British victory over French forces on the outskirts of Quebec. The surrender of Quebec marked the beginning of the end of French rule in North America. | ![]() | 42 |
14750254776 | Mercantilism | economic theory, colonies exist for benefit of mother country, collect gold and silver, buy more goods that you sell | ![]() | 43 |
14750254777 | George Grenville | Became prime minister of Britain in 1763 he persuaded the Parliament to pass a law allowing smugglers to be sent to vice-admiralty courts which were run by British officers and had no jury. He did this to end smuggling. also tried to tax them | ![]() | 44 |
14750254778 | Sugar Act | 1764. England needed more money because it went into debt from the Fr&Ind. war. taxed colonists. Justification was that it was them paying for protection. replaced the molasses act which placed 3 pence tax on each gallon of molasses | ![]() | 45 |
14750254779 | Quartering Act 1765 | Revenge on Mass. for Boston Tea Party. Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | ![]() | 46 |
14750254780 | Stamp Act | an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents | ![]() | 47 |
14750254781 | Declaratory Act | Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. | ![]() | 48 |
14750254782 | Townshend Acts | A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea | ![]() | 49 |
14750254783 | Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the Amercan Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five americans | ![]() | 50 |
14750254784 | Committees of Correspondence | Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies | ![]() | 51 |
14750254785 | Intolerable Acts | in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses | ![]() | 52 |
14750254786 | Quebec Act | 1774 Same time as intolerable acts., designed to facilitate the incorporation of French Canadians into British America; Colonists feared a precedent had been established in the nonrepresentative government in Quebec; they resented the expansion of Quebec's territory, which they had been denied access by the Proclamation of 1763; they were offended by the Crown's recognition of Catholicism, since most Americans were Protestants | ![]() | 53 |
14750254787 | Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence | ![]() | 54 |
14750254788 | The Association | A document produced by the 1st Continental Congress in 1775 that called for a complete boycott of British goods. This included non-importation, non-exportation and non-consumption. It was the closest approach to a written constitution yet from the colonies. It was hoped to bring back the days before Parliamentary taxation. Those who violated The Association in America were tarred and feathered | ![]() | 55 |
14750254789 | Battles of Lexington and Concord | Initiated the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and the British. British governor Thomas Gage sent troops to Concord to stop the colonists who were loading arms. The next day, on April 19, 1775, the first shots were fired in Lexington, starting the war. The battles resulted in a British retreat to Boston | ![]() | 56 |
14750254790 | Olive Branch Petition | 2nd contenential congress. Still pledge loyalty to King George III but are still asking Britain to respect the rights and liberties of the colonies, repeal oppressive legislation, and British troops out of the colonies; George 3 didn't want anything to do with them and declared all colonies in a state of rebellion | ![]() | 57 |
14750254791 | Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. 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. | ![]() | 58 |
14750254792 | John Hancock | Patriot leader and president of the Second Continental Congress; first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. | ![]() | 59 |
14750254793 | Bunker Hill | strategic place overlooking Boston; on June 13, 1775 the Britians attacked, eventually winning with more supplies; Americans hold their ground and kill lots of british. After this Geroge III declares colonies in rebellion. | ![]() | 60 |
14750254794 | Benedict Arnold | Successful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British cause. | ![]() | 61 |
14750254795 | Thomas Paine | Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. "no smaller heavenly body controls a larger one" "our duty to set up republican democracy" etc. Later wrote "the crisis" | ![]() | 62 |
14750254796 | King George III | King of England during the American Revolution. Good man but bad king. wanted arbitrary power over colonies | ![]() | 63 |
14750254797 | Battle of Saratoga | American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. | ![]() | 64 |
14750254798 | Chief Joseph Brant | Pro-British Mohawk leader that devastated New York and Pennsylvania frontiers in 1778. Led Inidian resistance against white settlement. Organized the northwestern Indians in an alliance. | ![]() | 65 |
14750254799 | Battle of Trenton | On Christmas, Washingtons soilders cross the Deleware at night and surprise Hessians. Americans win | ![]() | 66 |
14750254800 | Ben Franklin | A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen colonies.sent to france to get alliance (LOVED by people there), negotiated treaty of paris, part of constitutional convention etc., revolutionary inventor | ![]() | 67 |
14750254801 | Battle of Yorktown | Sept 1781. British (general Cornwallis) surrendered, ending the war | ![]() | 68 |
14750254802 | Treaty of Paris 1783 | 1783 Februrary 3; American delegates Franklin, Adams, John Jays; they were instructed to follow the lead of France; John Jay makes side treaty with England; Independence of the US End of Loyalist persecution; colonies still had to repay its debt to England. America very lucky | ![]() | 69 |
14750254803 | Molasses Acts | 1733- Colonists wanted to trade with foreign markets in order to generate money to buy British finished products...by 1720s Americans mostly trading with French for sugar and molasses (for rum)...Molasses Act was a tax designed to make British molasses cheaper than French-would hurt American economy and standard of living-led to smuggling, bribery, and breaking the law | 70 | |
14750254804 | Mayflower Compact | although setting an invaluable precedent for later written constitutions, this document was not a constitution at all. It was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. A promising first step for self-government | 71 | |
14750254805 | Virginia House of Burgesses | Organization allowing people to vote on certain matters-increased political power-a council appointed a royal governor- reflected democracy | 72 | |
14750254806 | Continental Congress | 1774-response to "Intolerable Acts"-meetings in Philadelphia to consider ways of readdressing colonial grievances-12-13 colonies present, not a legislative but a consultative body-convention rather than a congress | 73 | |
14750254807 | Lord Baltimore | Founder of Maryland Colony (2nd plantation colony, 4th English colony)-of a prominent English catholic family-ventured to reap financial profits and to create refuge for fellow catholics-permitted unusual freedom of worship at the outset...Maryland would enable Act of Toleration | 74 | |
14750254808 | Indentured servitude | Indentured servants were the most prominent source of labor between the early 1600s to late 1600s- constituted more than 75% of the European immigrants during the 17th century-cheapest form of labor | 75 | |
14750254809 | staple Crop | crop such as tobacco, cotton, sugar that are planted in large quantities in order to increase revenue and benefit colonies in trade | 76 | |
14750254810 | Iroquois Confederacy | late 1550s great military power in Mohawk Valley (NY State)-bounded together 5 Indian nations, Mohawks, Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas-building block of society was longhouse | 77 | |
14750254811 | William Bradford | Governor of Plymouth | 78 | |
14750254812 | James Oglethorpe | One of founders of Georgia | 79 | |
14750254813 | Patrick Henry | Radical, ousted British rule, was one of members at First Continental Congress | 80 | |
14750254814 | Samuel Adams | Brewer Patriot- one of founding fathers of America | 81 | |
14750254815 | William Berkeley | Virginia Governor-had to deal with Bacon's Rebellion | 82 | |
14750254816 | Paxton Boys Rebellion | armed march on Philadelphia in 1764, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians, and a few years later spearheaded the Regulator Movement in North Carolina, a small but nasty insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affairs | 83 |
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