British Colonies
These English Protestants founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution. They wanted to simplify (or purify) the Church of England's practices.
The Puritans
This violent conflict happened between the Pequot tribe and expanding Puritans in New England over land disputes.
The Pequot War
What are the three motives for European Exploration and Invasion?
God, Gold, and Glory
Who were the Wampanoag's?
The group of Indigenous peoples who lived in modern-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island, who were led by Metacom. They were participants in the First Thanksgiving and King Phillips War.
This was is also known as Metacom's War.
King Phillip's War
This was planted to sell for profit. Tobacco was most popular.
Cash Crops
These were English Protestants who disagreed with the Church of England and wanted to completely separate from it. They founded Plymouth to escape religious persecution.
The Pilgrims/Separatists
These were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
The Salem Witch Trials
This English solder and leader of the Jamestown colony was famous for his friendship with Pocahontas.
John Smith
Define the Mayflower Compact.
An agreement the Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas.
What was King Phillip's War?
An armed conflict between English colonists and the Wampanoag of New England in the 17th Century.
What is an indentured servant?
A person who agrees to work for another for a specific time in exchange for payment of travel expenses and living costs. Many came to Jamestown.
This colony was founded by the Puritans for religious freed, although the Puritans were intolerant for others. It was led by John Winthrop and later became Boston.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Define American Exceptionalism
Who were enslaved Africans?
Kidnapped Africans who were brought to the Americas via the Middle Passage to work the plantations. They replaced indentured servants after Bacon's Rebellion, and were forced into labor at a higher rate.