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The American Pageant: Chapter 2 Terms

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had been under English rule; Catholics sough Spanish help to free them from England; Spanish troops crushed; caused many terrors to be inflicted on its people
name given English buccaneers, these semi-pirates seized Spanish treasure ships
prominent English "sea-dog"; plundered around the planet, gave much of the profit to his investors, including Queen Elizabeth I
unsuccessful colonizer for the English on the coast of Newfoundland; lost his life at sea
organized a group of settlers who landed on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1585
a storm that cripled the spanish armada
forerunner for the modern corporation; enabled a number of investors to pool their capital in a vested interest
another name for an investor in a joint-stock company
a joint-stock company that received a charter from King James I for a settlement in the New World; significant because it guaranteed the rights of Englishmen that they would have if they stayed home
where the ships of the Virginia Company landed
where the Virginia Company settled; first permanent English settlement in North America
helped found and govern Jamestown; kidnapped in December 1607 by Powhatan and saved by Pocahontas
daughter of Powhatan; had intercepted her head between a war club and John Smith; became an intermediary for the Indians and the Virginians; married to John Rolfe
Jamestown winter 1609-1610; colonists driven to desperate acts to eat, including dug-up corpses, dogs, and rats; only 60 out of 400 survived
new governor of Jamestown in spring 1610; imposed a harsh military regime on the colonist; "Irish Tactics" against the Indians
Indian chieftain; at first considered the English potential allies
a few dozen tribes over which Chief Powhatan had supremacy over
Lord De La Warr declares war against the Jamestown Indians; raided Indian villages, torched cornfields; settled by a peace settlement and the marriage of Pocahontas and Rolfe
the Indians make one last effort to dislodge the Virginians, but are defeated; settled by peace treaty of 1646
the three Ds that essentially killed off the Powhatan Indians
perfected methods of raising and curing tobacco, eliminating the bitter tang; husband of Pocahontas
process of taking over and fencing off land once shared by peasant farmers
the crop that Virginia's prosperity was built on
a crop that requires a lot of attention and work; tobacco is one of these crops
first legislative body in colonial America, in Virginia
founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists; he did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony
penniless persons who bound themselves to work for a number of years to pay their passage; many colonies depended on their labor
passed in Maryland in 1649 by the local representative assembly, guaranteed toleration to all Christians but persecution of those who denied the divinity of Jesus
crop that formed the foundation of the West Indies; rich man's crop
boomed in the Caribbean and America in 17th and 18th centuries; people working the fields for no wages
denied even the most fundamental rights to slaves and gave masters virtually complete control over their laborers, including the right to inflict vicious punishments for even slight infractions
devised to control large population of slaves; denied slaves' legal rights and masters' prerogatives
after Parliament beheaded Charles I, he ruled England for nearly a decade
1660 period when empire building resumed with greater intensity and royal involvement
group of eight of Charles II's favorites, they were given land grants that stretched to the Pacific
tribe who had helped English settlers in Carolinas with Indian slave trade, but were later annihilated by the colonists when they tried to leave
principal export crop in Carolina
1690 - The first permanent settlement in the Carolinas, named in honor of King Charles II. Much of the population were Huguenot (French Protestant) refugees.
newcomers who raised their tobacco and other crops on small farms without legal right to the soil
War in the Carolinas from 1711 through 1713 between the Tuscarora Indians and the colonists.
war between the South Carolina settlers and the local natives who did not like being used for slavery and threatened for their land
one of Georgia's founders; interested in religious reform; repelled Spanish attacks
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia; profitable staple crops
number of frost-free days for growing in the Plantation Colonies
A Seneca Iroquois prophet. Preached against alcoholism by appealing to religious traditions. Had Quaker missionaries teach agricultural methods to the Iroquois men.
A country who's population share a common identity
man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer
a person who owned and controlled all the land in a colony
Building used for shelter by Iroquois
right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle
A colony under the direct control of a monarch
American Anglican Church
American Calvinist Church
what Georgia was to protect the colonies from Spanish Florida
settled by weallthy men who traded in sea port of Charleston used slaves to help grow cash crops (especially rice)
Founded the Methodist church
colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted

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