People
He was the founder of Maryland, a colony which offered religious freedom, and a refuge for the persecuted Roman Catholics.
Lord Baltimore
Workers contracted for service for a specified period of 4 to 7 years. 50% died in the first three years.
Indentured Servants
The expansion of English settlement led to wars against the native peoples. In this war, 700 Pequots were killed by the colonists and their Indian allies.
Pequot War (1637)
A system of land distribution pioneered in Virginia and used in several other colonies granted land - usually 50 acres - to anyone who paid the passage of a new arrival.
Headright System
Many Colonial Americans took payment, not in cash but?
Tobacco
Jamestown colony leader who showed that tobacco could be grown successfully in Virginia
John Rolfe
One of the first Protestant groups to come to America, seeking a separation from the Church of England. They founded Plymouth.
Pilgrims
King Philip's War (Metacam's War)
Series of assaults on English settlements in New England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New England settlers for several decades and virtually ended Native American resistance in this region.
A financial organization devised by English merchants around 1550 that facilitated the colonization of North America.
Joint-Stock Corporation
What tribe was Pocahontas from?
Powhatan
The most remarkable man in history! Just ask him. Saved Jamestown colony with no work/no food policy
John Smith
Dissenters from the Church of England wanted a genuine Reformation rather than the partial Reformation sought by Henry VIII.
Puritans
Rebelled against the Dominion of New England; Rebels were hung and decapitated; Demonstrated tensions between lower class and wealthy
Leisler's Rebellion
Laws passed by England that forced the colonists to 1. Buy goods ONLY from England
2. Sell goods that colonists made ONLY to England 3. Import Non-English goods using English ports and pay duty (tax) on these goods to England
4. Prohibit the colonies from making certain goods that England already made.
Navigation Acts (1651-1673)
How do historians refer to the time period in the 1730s and 1740s when colonists began embracing secular rationalism over religion?
The Great Awakening
Unleashed, the sea dogs, also called Pirates on Spanish Treasure Fleet.
Elizabeth I of England
An alliance of five northeastern Amerindian peoples (after 1722 six) that made decisions on military and diplomatic issues through a council of representatives. Allied first with the Dutch and later with the English.
Iroquois Confederacy
1676; The poor burn down Jamestown in rebellion to protest the line that Gov. Berkeley made to keep western farmers from Indian land; After this, there was a SWITCH TO AFRICAN SLAVERY
Bacon's Rebellion
The organ of government in colonial Virginia was made up of an assembly of representatives elected by the colony's inhabitants.
House of Burgesses
What city was the first capital of the United States?
New York
According to Getchell, this band is the most over-rated rock band in the World.
Foo Fighters
Abolitionists and pacifists (Didn't believe in War), Believed all people could attain salvation; WOMEN COULD BECOME PREACHERS AND SPEAK PUBLICALLY
Quakers
The war brought an end to the British policy of Salutary Neglect.
French Indian War
South Carolina slave revolt that prompted the colonies to pass stricter laws regulating the movement of slaves and the capture of runaways.
Stono Rebellion (1739)
What year was the Jamestown settlement established?
1607