White Dudes Named John
Natural Rights
John Locke
Led Bacon's Rebellion (1676) against Virginia's government; rebellion revealed tensions between wealthy planters and poorer colonists and contributed to increased reliance on enslaved labor.
Nathaniel Bacon
Britain is left with huge war debt, leading to increased taxation of colonists.
7 Years War/ French Indian War
Person who worked for a fixed period in exchange for passage to America.
Indentured Servant
First permanent English settlement, founded 1607; tobacco becomes important
Jamestown
Jamestown colonist who developed tobacco as a profitable cash crop; married Pocahontas.
John Rolfe
Wrote Common Sense, which convinced many colonists to support independence
Thomas Paine
Stamp Tax
Spanish system granting colonists control over Native labor and tribute.
Encomienda System
Pilgrims, Mayflower Compact, 1620
Plymouth
Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay; delivered “City upon a Hill” speech and promoted the idea of Massachusetts as a model Christian society.
John Winthrop
Spanish priest who criticized Spanish mistreatment of Native Americans and advocated for their rights.
Bartolomé de las Casas
Great Awakening
Economic system where colonies existed largely to benefit the mother country's economy.
Mercantilism
Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of them
Appalachian Mountains
Protestant Reformer whose ideas influenced Puritanism, especially predestination.
John Calvin
Wampanoag leader who led King Philip's War (1675–1676) against New England colonists.
Metacom
Plants, animals, diseases, and people move between Old and New Worlds
Columbian Exchange
Britain's relatively relaxed enforcement of colonial regulations, allowing colonies to develop greater autonomy.
Salutary Neglect
First major battles of the Revolution
Lexington & Concord
Printer whose 1735 trial became an important precedent for freedom of the press. He was acquitted of seditious libel.
John Peter Zenger
Challenged Puritan religious authorities; banished from Massachusetts for her beliefs. Shows limits on religious dissent.
Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams formed this separate colony to have religious freedom from Puritans
Rhode Island
Virginia's representative assembly; established in 1619.
House of Burgesses
the Lost Colony
Roanoke