It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River.
What is Jamestown?
100
First set of rules for the Pilgrims and first instance of self rule in the north. Based on majority rule.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
100
He established England’s first attempted colony on N. America.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
100
She was a Powhatan princess who allegedly save Captain John Smith from sure death at the hands of her father. She later married John Rolfe.
Who was Pocahantas?
100
These were restrictive trade laws placed on the colonies that were designed to financially benefit England.
What were the Navigation Acts?
200
These were settlers who worked the land in exchange for passage to the new world.
What were Indentured Servants?
200
This religious group wanted to totally reform the Church of England.
What were the Puritans?
200
He was the founder of Rhode Island who had argued for separation of church & state while in Massachusetts Bay.
Who was Roger Williams?
200
She said the truly saved need not follow the earthly laws of mankind and that there was no real proof of salvation. This was called antinomianism.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
200
British policy of not enforcing parliamentary laws on the colonies.
What was Salutary Neglect?
300
This system allowed rich settlers to acquire more land (usually 50 acres) by paying for more indentured servants to come to America.
What was the Headright System?
300
These were Puritans who wanted to break away from the English church.
What were the Separatists?
300
Leader of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Spoke of it as a "city upon a hill."
Who was John Winthrop?
300
The women here enjoyed more freedoms and at times even could own their own property (if their husbands died).
Who were southern women?
300
Demanding religion of many of the northern colonists. Originally derived from the teachings of John Calvin.
What was Congregationalism?
400
ACT IT OUT!! - It was an uprising of Virginia farmers over Governor Berkeley's policies.
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
400
When Indian Chief Metacom united the surrounding Indian tribes and attacked 52 English villages. It later led to the decimation of much of the northern native population at the hands of the colonists.
What was King Phillip's War?
400
Influential preacher. “Sinners in the hands of an angry God.”
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
400
ACT IT OUT! - One Jamestown citizen killed and ate his wife during this trying period (Winter of 1609) of the colony's early history.
What was the "starving time?"
400
Economic policy where a colony is used for raw materials & market for exports with a goal of amassing as much gold for the mother country as possible.
What is mercantilism?
500
This was the dominant religion in the southern colonies, if they practiced it at all.
What was the Anglican Church (Church of England)?
500
It allowed the unconverted children of church members to become baptized members of the church themselves.
What was the Halfway Covenant?
500
He was a colonial preacher who spoke of human helplessness. He was crossed-eyed and was nicknamed Dr. Dr. Squintum.
Who was George Whitefield?
500
Women and children were massacred at a small Indian fort on the Mystic River in Connecticut during this war with the Native Americans (1637).
What was the Pequot War?
500
Religious revival of the 1730s & 1740s due to waning religious fervor.