Native American Interactions
Colonial Conflicts
Democratic Landmarks
Colonies and Their Regions
Religion and Economics
100

This was a staple of many indigenous diets, leading many nomadic tribes to settle and develop great civilizations (including the Aztec and Maya) over time.

maize

100
This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in black slavery and decrease in indentured servitude.
Bacon's Rebellion
100
This was the first representative assembly in North America, created in Virginia (1619).
House of Burgesses
100
He claimed that the Puritans should, “build a city upon a hill,” and became governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
John Winthrop
100
In 1649, this became the first law granting a degree of religious toleration in the colonies.
Maryland Act of Toleration
200

This system allowed Spanish settlers to be given control over indigenous peoples in return for converting them to Catholicism

encomienda system

200
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves
Stono Rebellion
200
This type of meeting became a “seed of democracy” in early New England.
Town Hall Meetings
200
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse
Middle
200
This church was the dominant church in the Southern colonies (and New York).
Anglican Church/Church of England
300

Began in the 1490s--the world's first major globalization movement which led to the spread of plants, animals, and diseases

Columbian Exchange

300
An organization formed by the New England colonies in 1643, with the intention of providing collective security from attack the by the surrounding Native American tribes.
New England Confederation
300
The first English settlement in North America which was established by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 but then vanished without a trace.
Roanoke
300
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
300
A concept which illustrated that the colonies served only to provide raw materials and as a market of consumers to the Mother Country.
Mercantilism
400

This Native American Indian group in the American Southwest resisted Spanish encroachment on indigenous lands and were known for their cliff dwellings.

Pueblo

400
An event which occurred in modern-day Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 10, 1680.
Pueblo Revolt
400
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
Mayflower Compact
400
The primary staple crops produced in the middle colonies included
Wheat, oats, barley
400
A small group of non-Puritans (dissenters) who believed in the power of one's "inner light", or the power of God residing in the soul of that individual.
Quakers
500

This Spanish priest wrote home about the horrific treatment of indigenous peoples by Spanish settlers

Bartolome de Las Casas

500

These two conflicts in Virginia foreshadowed the reservation system

Powhatan Wars

500
An event which occurred in 1688 when Parliament overthrew King James II, replacing him with this daughter Mary and her husband, William III of Orange.
Glorious Revolution
500

this style of sermon was used in the New England colonies by eager Puritan ministers to convey long, mournful complaints that bitterly criticized the morals and state of society while warning of its coming downfall

jeremiad

500
This individual openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders, and was later expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony
Anne Hutchinson
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