This European community's settlers most categorically rejected North American Indian culture and worldviews
Puritans
200
This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in black slavery and decrease in indentured servitude.
Bacon’s Rebellion
200
This was the first representative assembly in North America, created in Virginia (1619).
House of Burgesses
200
He claimed that the Puritans should, “build a city upon a hill,” and became governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
John Winthrop
200
In 1649, this became the first law granting a degree of religious toleration in the colonies.
Maryland Act of Toleration
400
French and Dutch colonial relationships with American Indians were based primarily on trade alliance for this good
Furs
400
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves
Stono Rebellion
400
This type of meeting became a “seed of democracy” in early New England.
Town Hall Meetings
400
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse
Middle
400
This church was the dominant church in the Southern colonies (and New York).
Anglican Church/Church of England
600
This conflict resulted in the lasting defeat of New England's Indians and the beheading of Wampanoag Chief Metacom
King Philip's War
600
1764 rebellion of Scots-Irish frontiersmen resulting from perceived disproportional control of the Pennsylvania government and failure to provide adequate defense on the frontier.
Paxton Boys
600
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
Mayflower Compact
600
The primary staple crops produced in the middle colonies included
Wheat, oats, barley
600
Before 1750, this was the most frequent action of British colonists in response to increased trade regulations in the colonies?
Smuggling
800
Developed by the Puritans in an effort to organize against the Natives and discuss matters pertaining to religion and community building
Congregational Church
800
These two conflicts in Virginia foreshadowed the reservation system (we are also looking for dates)
First Powhatan War of 1614 and Second Powhatan War of 1644
800
This 17th century document was the first written constitution in American colonial history.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
800
This organization led by Edmund Andros was overthrown by New Englanders in 1689, an event known as the “1st American Revolution.”
Dominion of New England
800
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
1000
This American Indian confederation, reaching from the St. Lawrence Valley to the eastern Great Lakes, successfully resisted both native and colonial challenges during the 18th century
the Iroquois
1000
This 1691 rebellion in New York was led by a Dutchman against the Dominion of New England
Leisler’s Rebellion
1000
This 1736 court case set a trend for more freedom of the press in the colonies.
John Peter Zenger Trial
1000
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
1000
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.