American History: A Survey Chapter 2 Flashcards

2939743899	Early Founding of Jamestown	complete failure; the colonists run into difficulties, waste money, greedy	0
2939750044	John Smith	practically saves Jamestown by imposing work and order	1
2939757622	Jamestown almost dies	colonists sail downriver, meet boat providing supplies and people	2
2939765143	John Rolfe	Discovers tobacco growth -> practically only force keeping colonists even mildly successful	3
2939774771	House of Burgesses	first democratic assembly in America; assembly in Virginia	4
2939778522	indentured servitude	many of these were brought in by the headright system; the popularity of this decreased after Bacon's Rebellion	5
2939786300	Maryland	founded by the Calverts; George Calvert (first Lord Baltimore). provides freedom of worship to all Christians	6
2939795669	William Berkeley	becomes practical autocrat in Virginia -> prominence leads to Bacon's Rebellion	7
2939798141	Bacon's Rebellion	1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, in anger of Virginia's lack of help in defeating the natives, marches on Virginia. SIGNIFICANCE: 1) Indian vs English relations and struggle 2) instability of free landless people -> social unrest leads to slavery	8
2939813371	Plymouth Plantation	original settlement of Puritans	9
2939817367	Puritan Separitists	wanted to separate from church, wanted to purify church of poor practice	10
2939823579	Mayflower Compact	signed by puritans, establishes civil government between Puritans	11
2939827543	Pilgrims	had better relations with natives	12
2939829760	William Bradford		13