These terms are from the American Pageant textbook used for AP US History.
1624553172 | Henry VIII | king of England who broke from the Catholic church | 0 | |
1624553173 | Queen Elizabeth | Queen who encouraged settlement in America | 1 | |
1624553174 | Catholic Ireland | section of Britain under English control; delayed colonization | 2 | |
1624553175 | Francis Drake | English sir who plundered Spanish ships and led the fight against the Spanish Armada | 3 | |
1624553176 | Sir Walter Raleigh | English sir who led the Roanoke expedition | 4 | |
1624553177 | Virginia | colony founded by Raleigh; named after Queen Elizabeth | 5 | |
1624553178 | Spanish Armada | incident when Phillip 2 sent ships to invade England but they failed | 6 | |
1624553179 | Enclosure | when rich landowners in England fenced in farmland for sheep pasture, forcing poor people to move to the cities. | 7 | |
1624553180 | Primogeniture | only eldest sons were allowed to inherit land so younger sons had to find other pursuits to make cash | 8 | |
1624553181 | Joint Stock Company | financial providers for colonization missions | 9 | |
1624553182 | Virginia Company | joint stock company that settled Jamestown | 10 | |
1624553183 | Jamestown | first successful English colony in North America | 11 | |
1624553184 | John Smith | man who made Jamestown successful | 12 | |
1624553185 | Powhatan | chief of the First Americans in the Jamestown area | 13 | |
1624553186 | Pocahontas | First American who married John Rolfe for peace and helped facilitate with colonists | 14 | |
1624553187 | Starving Time | winter of 1609-1610; lots of the Jamestown colonists died | 15 | |
1624553188 | Lord de la Warr | man who led colonists to relieve Jamestown/saved the colony | 16 | |
1624553189 | Powhatan's Confederacy | group of First Americans who fought with the colonists; led by Powhatan | 17 | |
1624553190 | Anglo-Powhatan Wars | wars between colonists and First Americans over American land | 18 | |
1624553191 | John Rolfe | colonist who married Pocahontas to end the first Anglo-Powhatan War; died in the second Anglo-Powhatan war | 19 | |
1624553192 | Tobacco | main early Virginian crop | 20 | |
1624553193 | House of Burgesses | first mini-Parliament granted in America | 21 | |
1624553194 | Lord Baltimore | founder of Maryland who wished for a Catholic Haven | 22 | |
1624553195 | Indentured Servants | main labor source in early Maryland | 23 | |
1624553196 | Act of Toleration | law passed in Maryland that granted religious toleration to Christians; helped Catholics avoid persecution | 24 |