Native Americans
Animism
Slavery that lasted for life, Derived from the word cattle, children of enslaved woman would also be slaves.
Chattel
Many American colonists resisted mercantilism.Many colonists were embracing a (later-named) economic theory called capitalism which encouraged earning the most money possible for the individual. In response, starting in 1650, the British began passing a series of laws known as the __________. These laws forbid colonists from trading with any country or colony other than England.
Navigation Acts
The French and Indian war - 22 year old servayer, attacked a group of french soldiers, built fort necessity, retreated - and the war began.
Part of the First Continental congress.
Commander- in- chief of the continental army.
Unifying figure, Tactically intelligent.
George Washington
Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a colony in present day north Carolina, The colony struggled immensely, so some returned to England to request aid. However when they returned all the residents were gone, the only thing left was a word on a tree "CROATOAN".
The colony of Roanoke
This proved to be one of the most devastating diseases in human history, possibly killing 90% of indigenous Americans who caught the disease.
Smallpox
An _____ _____ is a person who accepts a contract to work for 7-10 years for an individual who pays for their voyage to America. Under the "headright" system that person would be granted 50 acres of land after their time ended. Often were overworked, fed little, and treated as second-class citizens.
Indentured servants / Indentured servitude
The _____ and _____ war was a portion of the larger global was called the ______ Years war. Britain pledged support for Prussia to gain land in Germany from the French. The conflict then spilled over into the American colonies. It was fought between the French and their native american allies and the British and their native american allies. It lasted for 9 years in the colonies rather than seven.
The French and Indian war
Seven Years war
The Boston Massacre - Someone shouted the word “Fire” and the officers fired into the crowd – killing five. The first man killed was named _______ ________ – an African American man.
Crispus Attucks
The British attempted a settlement in Virginia, led by Captain John Smith. The colonists conflicted with the nearby Algonquian Confederacy. John Smith was captured by Powhatan's forces but then saved by Powhatan's daughter.
Jamestown
Most Native American cultures did not have written language and passed down stories of their past through oral traditions, therefore it was difficult for historians to _______ what happened.
Prove
The Salem Witch Trials
Parliament and King George were furious at the destruction of property (Boston Tea party). In response, they passed the ________ _____ _____ __ ___ ______ ____. These acts were a punishment and did all the following:Boston Harbor would be closed until the tea was paid for,The Massachusetts Constitution was ended, All trials would be carried out by British officials,Required colonists to abide by the Quartering Act,Granted freedom of worship to Catholics living in British territories (Quebec Act) – hated by Protestants.
Intolerable (otherwise known as the Coercive) Acts
Wealthy English woman who moved to Boston in 1630. Married at 16 and had 8 children. A devout Puritan, much of her poetry surrounds her religion, and her hoped for salvation. Most famous poem " To my dear and loving husband".
Anne Bradstreet
_______ Predominantly ran the colony in Pennsylvania. Strongly pacifist religion. Decentralized Religion (churches were run by parishioners instead of a minister. Opposed slavery and the mistreatment of natives. Still however owned slaves.
This system of slavery adopted by the Spanish in the early 16th century, expected Native American communities to meet high quotas of materials to provide to the Spanish. If they did not meet this quota they were subject to violence and sometimes exection.
Encomienda system
A group of angry former indentured servants complained to Virginia governor William Berkeley that the native Americans were raiding their farms. He did not want to make war with the natives so he did nothing. Nathaniel Bacon, a farmer in western Virginia, put together an army of former and current indentured servants along with former and current enslaved people. They successfully wiped out the Native presence and then they descended on Jamestown, forcing governor Berkeley to flee.
Bacon's Rebellion
The British government having just fought a long and costly war did not want to dedicate more money and troops to fight Pontiac’s men. Instead, the British passed the _________ ____ _____. This made it illegal for colonists to settle beyond the Appalachian mountains. It also recognized the land between the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River as Native American Territory.
Proclamation of 1763
Born in West Africa, kidnapped, and sold to the Wheatley family of Boston. Wrote and published a series of poems about Christianity called "poems on various subjects, religious and moral". Received praise from many in American society including George Washington.
Phyllis Wheatley
A group of Puritan religious separatist known as the Pilgrims obtained a charter to settle in the Northeastern region of the British North American colonies. Upon arrival they wrote the Mayflower Compact.
Plymouth
Most of the Native Americans allied with the French over the British or Spanish.
The French had far fewer settlers. (Giving the Native Americans a superiority in numbers)
The French more often learned and respected Native customs.
The Spanish had enslaved large numbers of Native Americans.
The British had taken part in several wars to remove Native Americans, backed out of several treaties, and ignored many native customs.
In the period of the 1730s and the 1740s the American colonies experienced a religious revival known as the ____ ____ _________. This renewed sense of religious excitement that seemed to differ from early Protestantism. Shown in outdoor "revivals".
The First Great Awakening
1.)In 1775, the British Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, issued a proclamation stating that any enslaved person who would flee their plantation and aid the British Army would be granted their freedom.
2.) January 1776 – ______ ______, a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine was published and widely distributed.The pamphlet argues in a clear and convincing manner that the colonies are well within their rights to rebel against the British.
3.) The ______ fought for the revolution, the ______ helped and fought for Britain, and the _______ wanted to stay out of the war completely.
1.) The Dunmore Proclamation
2.) Common Sense
3.)Patriots,loyalist,Neutrals
January 1776 – Common Sense, a 47-page pamphlet written by ______ _____ was published and widely distributed.
Thomas Paine
Rode Island was formed by radical separatists _____ ________ and ____ __________.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson