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6299604930Walter RaleighFounder of England's first American colony. (Roanoke, it failed)0
6299604931Elizabeth IEnglish Queen during golden age. Reestablished Protestantism as the state religion of England and she led the defeat of the Spanish Armada.1
6299604932Treaty of Tordesillasa 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
6299604933Pocahontasa 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 War3
6299604934John RolfeHe 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
6299604935Defeat of the Spanish Armada1588 by Elizabeth 1 of England, English naval supremacy.5
6299604936john smithHelped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.6
6299604937JamestownFounded in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London.elected Captain John Smith as their leader.7
6299604938Thomas DaleMade governor of Jamestown after John Smith, stern, didn't believe in laziness, created daily schedule8
6299604939John CalvinINSTITUTES 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 faith9
6299604940John WinthropGovernor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned colony as a "city upon a hill" (covenant theology)10
6299604941Peter StuyvesantThe 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
6299604942Anne HutchinsonA 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 indians12
6299604943King Phillips WarStarted 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 hate13
6299604944Roger WilliamsHe 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
6299604945Dominion of New england1686-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
6299604946New England ConfederationNew 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
6299604947PatroonshipsVast estates along the Hudson River established by the Dutch. They had difficulty attracting peasant labor, and most were not successful.17
6299604948William PennEnglishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)18
6299604949JeremiadsPuritan 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 puritanism19
6299604950Glorious Revolution 1688Bloodless overthrow of King James II. established William and Mary as the new leaders.20
6299604951Great Puritan MigrationMany 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 Colony21
6299604952Treaty of Utrecht1713, ended Queen Ann's War, transferred large areas of French territory in North America to English including Nova Scotia and Newfoundland22
6299604953Bacon's RebellionIndentured servants in Virginia revolt against gov and landowners (origionally over lack of protection from indians on frontier). burn Jamestown. look to african slaves as less troublesome source of labor23
6299604954Middle passagethe middle portion of the triangular trade that brought African slaves to the Americas24
6299604955Salem witch trialsSeveral 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
6299604956half way covenantresponse 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 devotion26
6299604957headright systemParcels 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
6299604958Leisler's rebellionuprising 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
6299604959Triangular TradeIllegal 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
6299604960First Great Awakening1st 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 prestige30
6299604961George WhitefieldMost influentian new light speaker during first great awakening31
6299604962Jonathon edwardsNew light preatcher who started the first Great awakening32
6299604963John 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 innocent33
6299604964Paxton RevoltThey 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
6299604965Phyllis Wheatley1st important African american writer. Abolitionists later point to her as proof that they are intellectually equal35
6299604966William PittThe 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
6299604967Treaty of Paris 1763Ended the French and Indian (7yrs) war. Britian dominated, French kicked out of N america37
6299604968Pontiac's RebellionAfter French and Indian War, Indian chief gathered tribes in Ohio river valley to attack british forts. Squashed. Led to brit issuing proclamation of 176338
6299604969Proclamation of 1763After 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.39
6299604970Samuel de ChamplainCartographer, 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
6299604971Albany Congress1754 congress between Iriquois and 7 colonies. Ensure continued Iriquoi loyalty to colonies (immediate) colonial unity (long termish)41
6299604972Battle 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
6299604973Mercantilismeconomic theory, colonies exist for benefit of mother country, collect gold and silver, buy more goods that you sell43
6299604974George GrenvilleBecame 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 them44
6299604975Sugar Act1764. 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 molasses45
6299604976Quartering Act 1765Revenge on Mass. for Boston Tea Party. Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.46
6299604977Stamp Actan 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 documents47
6299604978Declaratory ActAct passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.48
6299604979Townshend ActsA tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea49
6299604980Boston MassacreThe first bloodshed of the Amercan Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five americans50
6299604981Committees of CorrespondenceOrganization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies51
6299604982Intolerable Actsin 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 houses52
6299604983Quebec Act1774 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 Protestants53
6299604984Samuel AdamsFounder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence54
6299604985The AssociationA 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 feathered55
6299604986Battles of Lexington and ConcordInitiated 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 Boston56
6299604987Olive Branch Petition2nd 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 rebellion57
6299604988Navigation ActsLaws 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
6299604989John HancockPatriot leader and president of the Second Continental Congress; first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.59
6299604990Bunker Hillstrategic 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
6299604991Benedict ArnoldSuccessful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British cause.61
6299604992Thomas PaineRevolutionary 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
6299604993George IIIKing of England during the American Revolution. Good man but bad king. wanted arbitrary power over colonies63
6299604994Battle of SaratogaAmerican victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution.64
6299604995Chief Joseph BrantPro-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
6299604996Battle of TrentonOn Christmas, Washingtons soilders cross the Deleware at night and surprise Hessians. Americans win66
6299604997Ben FranklinA 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.67
6299604998Battle of YorktownSept 1781. British (general Cornwallis) surrendered, ending the war68
6299604999Treaty of Paris 17831783 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 lucky69

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