Major Events
An uprising in 1676 where farmers went up against plantation owners. Started because of Sir William Berkley who became the royal governor of Virginia and would fail to protect farmers from Native American attacks.
Bacon's Rebellion
Spanish conquistador who ended the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
Acts made by the British which restricted colonial trade in order to become self sufficient.
Navigation Acts
Middle Passage
Document made by the Pilgrims when settling in the Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower Compact
Would be well known for discovering America but was intending on finding a new trade route to India.
Christopher Columbus
Was banished from the Bay colony due to her questions about the Puritan doctrine. She would found the Portsmouth colony in 1638. Also believed in antinomianism (idea that faith alone leads to salvation not deeds)
Anne Hutchinson
People who were appointed by the King and formed a government that had complete control of the colony.
Colonial Government
System where Native Americans would be forced to work on plantations and be converted to Christianity.
Encomienda System
First English colony that was founded in 1607 and would become the future state of Virginia.
Jamestown
Revolution that took place in 1688 and deposed King James II. Led to colonies being operated by separate charters and colonial trade was resisted by the English.
Glorious Revolution
Ruled Spain in the late 1400s and early 1500s and paid for Christopher Columbus supposed route to Spain.
Ferdinand (King of Aragon) and Isabella (Queen of Castile)
A colonial statue (law) that gave freedom to all Christians following Christians emigrating into Maryland.
Act of Toleration
Practice where plantation owners pay for a person's voyage and as payment the person would work for a certain amount of years.
Indentured Servitude
4 New England colonies (Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven) would make this alliance in order to defend themselves from French, Native American, and Dutch attacks.
New England Confederation
War where the native American tribe Wampanoag would unite all the tribes and would go to war against English settlers.
King Philip's War
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in Peru.
Francisco Pizzaro
Colonists from Virginia would setup the first representative government in America.
House of Burgesses
Three way trade from the 1600s to 1800s which involved Europe, Africa, and America.
Triangular Trade
Separatists (Pilgrims) bordered this ship and went to America looking for religious freedom.
Mayflower
Debate between Bartolome De Las Casas & Juan Gines de Sepulveda over Native Americans. Las Casas argued that Native Americans were equal to Europeans but Sepulveda argued that Native Americans were lesser to Europeans.
Valladolid Debates
A Spanish priest who advocated for better treatment of Native Americans. Was able to convince the Spanish king to institute the New Laws of 1542 which ended the encomienda system and ended Native American slavery.
Bartolomé De Las Casas
One of the first documents of colonial self-government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mayflower Compact
Economic policy that is focused on trade, colonies, and the accumulation of wealth for a country's political and military strength.
Mercantilism
Colony founded by the Mayflower and landed in future Massachusetts.
Plymouth Colony