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British North America

Pre-Colonial Vocab

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Alisa Chen Hamza Noor Christina Xu Jenny Zhi Vocab Unit One People 1. John Rolfe: John Rolfe was a farmer in Jamestown who introduced tobacco to the settlers, a plant he had saw the local Indians growing. He later married Pocahontas and died during an native attack. 2. Pocahontas: daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the of Powhatan Indians. Married John Rolfe and converted to Christianity after getting captured by the settlers. 3. John Smith: famous traveler and organized leader who lead the colonists in Jamestown away from death and disaster. He organized Jamestown into a successful colony. 4. John Cabot: The first person representing England to sail to the New World, who at the time was looking for a passage to the Orient.

Early colonies of America notes 1

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?8? Ch. 3-4 Notes ? Colony Notes Outline #1 The Rise of Colonial America: 1625-1700 Puritans -wanted to bring Protestant Reformation into church of England and into the New World -Calvinism- predestination (God has already chosen who goes to heaven) and conversion (God would speak to you directly) -grew upset with ?deCatholicization? -King James I began to fear/persecute them Three divisions: Separatists ? -?Purest Puritans?- OUR PILGRIMS Congregationalists ? -reform; largest in America Presbyterians ? -get rid of Catholic rituals MAYFLOWER COMPACT -1608 First Separatists fled to Holland -over 12 years they became distressed by the ?Dutchification? of their children -1620 Some Separatists sailed on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
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