First English Settlements Pt. 1
Efforts to establish a colony. It was first abandoned. They made another attempt which no knows what happened to the colony. What is the name of the colony
Roanoke
Crop that helped Jamestown prosper
Tobacco
Group of people who wanted to purify the church
Puritans
His brother, King Charles ll, gave him the Dutch land of New Netherland. He renamed it New York
(peaceful conquest, many Dutch stayed)
James, Duke of York
Who led a Rebellion against the Natives in response to not being able to take/buy land? WHY?
Nathaniel Bacon; because poor, white Englishman couldn't afford land. No land meant no voting. This led to the Bacon rebellion where over 1000 colonists attacked Natives and killed them to take their land.
Helped restore Jamestown with rule "those who work not, eat not"
John Smith
In 1607, 100 men arrived into Chesapeake Bay which they called
Jamestown
Recognition that other people have the right to different opinions
toleration/tolerance
Because of the wheat Pennsylvania was called America's
Breadbasket
What crop in South Carolina was able to grow in swampy land
Sugar
Company that was formed to gain wealth of the Americas
The Virginia Company
First democratic document in the New World (Pilgrims)
Mayflower Compact
Believed the Puritans should split entirely from the Church of England and bought Rhode Island from the Naitves where he allowed people of all faiths to worship as they saw fit
Roger Williams
Created a colony in which people from different religious backgrounds could live peacefully
William Penn's "holy experiment."
They sent prisoners to this colony until they the debt they owed
Georgia
What is a charter
Document issued by the government that grants rights
English settlers ran out food and faced a terrible winter called
Starving Time
Minister who disagreed with Puritan leaders
Thomas Hooker
How was the colony of New Jersey created
Southern New York was split off to form a new colony
Who passed the Act of Toleration? This welcomed all Christians in Maryland and gave all males the right to vote and hold office
Lord Baltimore
What did John Smith do to the Natives that made them angry
To get more food Smith raided Native American villages
What marked the start of a representative government
House of Burgesses
Native chief who opposed English - goal was to stop Puritan expansion. Led a year long war (Natives vs Puritans - resulted in 12 English towns being destroyed
Metacom aka King Philip
Believed all people had a direct link or "inner light" with God. Believed all people were equal in God's eyes, including women - were also against slavery.
Quakers
What was the result of the Bacon Rebellion?
The governor of Virginia declared Nathaniel Bacon and his men "rebels". In response, Bacon and his men burned down Jamestown.