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Out of Many: A history of the American People Chapter 3 Flashcards

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879294357coureurs de boisFrench for "woods runner," an independent fur trader in New France0
879294358Beaver Warsseries of bloody conflicts, occurring between 1640s and 1680s, during which the Iroquois fought the French for control of the fur trade in the east and the Great Lakes region1
879294359Virginia Companya group of London investors who sent ships to Chesapeake Bay in 16072
879294360House of Burgessesthe legislature of colonial Virginia. First organized in 1619, it was the first institution of representative government in the English colonies3
879294361Indentured Servantsindividuals who contracted to serve a master for a period of four to seven years in return for payment of the servant's passage to America4
879294362Puritansindividuals who believed that Queen Elizabeth's reforms of the Church of England had not gone far enough in improving the church. Puritans led the settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony5
879294363Pilgrimssettlers of Plymouth Colony, who viewed themselves as spiritual wanderers6
879294364Separatistsmembers of an offshoot branch of Puritanism. Separatists believed that the Church of England was too corrupt to be reformed and hence were convinced they must "separate" from it to save their souls7
879294365Mayflower Compactthe first document of self-government in North America8
879294366Massachusetts Bay Companya group of wealthy Puritans who were granted a royal charter in 1629 to settle in Massachusetts Bay9
879294367Great MigrationPuritan emigration to North America between 1629 and 164310
879294368Proprietary colonya colony created when the English monarch granted a huge tract of land to an individual or group of individuals, who became "lords proprietor."11
879294369Quakersmembers of the Society of Friends, a radical religious group that arose in the mid-seventeenth century. Quakers rejected formal theology, focusing instead on the Holy Spirit that dwelt within them12
879294370Frame of GovernmentWilliam Penn's constitution for Pennsylvania which included a provision allowing for religious freedom13
879294371Pequot Warconflict between English settlers and Pequot Indians over control of land and trade in eastern Connecticut14
879294372King Philip's Warconflict in New England (1675-1676) between Wamponoags, Narragansetts, and other Indian peoples against English settlers; sparked by English encroachments on native lands15
879294373Covenant Chainan alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy and the colony of New York which sought to establish Iroquois dominance over all other tribes and thus put New York in an economically and politically dominant position among the other colonies.16
879294374Bacon's RebellionViolent conflict in Virginia (1675-1676), beginning with settler attacks on Indians but culminating in a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against Virginia's goverment17
879294375Culpeper's Rebellionthe overthrow of the established government in the Albermarle region of North Carolina by backcountry men in 167718
879294376King William's Warthe first of a series of colonial struggles between England and France' these conflicts occurred principally on the frontiers of northern New England and New York between 1689 and 169719
879294377*Powhatan, Indian Leader-Leader of a confederacy of Algonquian tribes -Besieged Jamestown when colonists began stealing corn -Instructed in English manners and religion by John Rolfe -Father of Pocahontas20
879294378*The Pilgrims-Puritanism appealed to merchants, entrepreneurs,and commercial farmers -Puritans wanted reform of the Church of England -Pilgrims were separatists who believed the Church of England could not be reformed21
879294379*France, Britian, and the Iroquois-France attacked the Iroquois to prevent them form extending their influence -France and England went to war in 1689 -War spilled over into North America devastating Iroquois22
890554226**One Reason the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 failed to drive the Spanish out of New Mexico permanently was:the Pueblo Indians had become so dependent on the Spanish for military protection from the Navaho and Apache tribes23
890554227**French and Spanish American colonies differed from those of England:because the French and Spanish settlements experienced much more cultural mixing between Europeans and natives24
890554228**The French agent who helped establish French relations with the Huron tribe was:Samuel de Champlain25
890554229**Critical to the early survival of the Jamestown colony was:the policies of the Powhatan Confederacy that allowed the settlement to be established26
890554230**Which commodity proved to be profoundly important the history of Virginia?tobacco27
890554231**During the seventeenth century, most migrants to the Chesapeake colonies:came as indentured servants28
977257288**For the most part, the Chesapeake colonists during the seventeenth century:...29
977257290**In early New England:...30
977257304**According to the letter the Puritan colonist sent to his father, the best livestock to raise for profit in New England was:...31
977257306**In dealing with the Indians, the primary concern of New England colonists was:...32
977257308**The Puritans who settled in North America:...33
977257310**Following the Stuart Restoration in 1660, King Charles II:...34
977257312**Bacon's Rebellion in 1676:...35
977257314**One result of the Glorious Revolution was:...36
977257315**During the seventeenth century:...37

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