Important Names
Puritan founder and governor of the Mass Bay Colony which he envisioned as a moral and religious model for the World--"City Upon a Hill"
Who is John Winthrop?
This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in African American slavery and decrease in indentured servitude.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This was the first representative assembly in North America, created in Virginia (1619).
What is the House of Burgesses?
Georgia was initially established as this.
What is a buffer colony against Spanish and French threat?
During the era before the French and Indian War, this resulted in the colonies being left alone to develop their own economic and political institutions.
What is salutary neglect?
Quaker who formed a colony of Pennsylvania as refuge for most religions
Who is William Penn?
From 1675 to 1676, American Indian chief waged this vicious war against the English settlers in southern New England.
What is Metacom's War/King Phillip's War?
This type of meeting became a “seed of democracy” in early New England.
What are town hall meetings?
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse.
What is the middle?
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.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Royal Governor of Virginia who favored large plantation owners and did not support or protect smaller farms from Indian raids.
Who is Sir William Berkeley?
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
This 1736 court case set a trend for more freedom of the press in the colonies.
What was the Peter Zenger Trial?
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these.(3 things)
What is fishing, shipbuilding and commerce?
French and Dutch colonial relationships with American Indians were based primarily on trade alliance for this good.
What are furs?
Introduced a new energized style of evangelical preaching.
Who is George Whitefield?
These two conflicts in Virginia foreshadowed the reservation system.
What is the First Powhatan War of 1614 and Second Powhatan War of 1644?
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
The primary staple crops produced in the middle colonies included these 3.
What are wheat, oats and barley.
Between 1650 and 1673 England passed a series of acts which establish rules for colonial trade.
What are the Navigation Acts?
A respected Puritan minister who believed that the individual's conscience was beyond the control of any civil or church authority.
Who is Roger Williams?
This 1691 rebellion in New York was led by a Dutchman against the Dominion of New England.
What was Leisler's Rebellion?
This 17th century document was the first written constitution in American colonial history.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This organization led by Edmund Andros was overthrown by New Englanders in 1689, an event known as the “1st American Revolution.”
What is the Dominion of New England?
Colonies under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king.
What are proprietary colonies?