Chapter 2
This early settlement failed because the people who came were mostly esteemed gentlemen, therefore unused to hunting, fishing, and scavenging.
Jamestown
Who settled in New York?
Dutch
Who led a former indentured servant revolt and burnt down Jamestown?
Nathan Bacon
This was the “head of the snake”
New England
What is the system that gave land to people who sponsored indentured servants?
Headright System
This is when the first son gets all the inheritance and the other sons get nothing
Primogeniture
What was the main reason people settled in New England colonies?
Religious freedom
What was traded in the middle passage (middle leg of the triangular trade)?
Slaves
Congregational church was popular in the colonies, but which religious belief was official in England at the time?
Anglicanism
What was the law called when England banned trading between the colonies and the West Indies?
Molasses Act
What kept the English busy from colonizing at first?
The Spanish Armada
Who believed church and state should be separate?
Roger Williams
This set of rules singed by the Pilgrims who came to Massachusetts Bay set the standard for later constitutions.
Mayflower Compact
Zenger
What was the House of Burgesses and who was allowed to vote in it?
A legislative house; only white, land-owning men could vote
Who brought tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
In 1643, four mostly Puritan colonies banded together to form the..?
New England Confederation
What two groups were in conflict during the Salem Witch Trials?
rich and poor classes
What was the group called that was against the Great Awakening?
Old Lights
What was the system called of Rum going from New England going to the golden coast of Africa then slaves are picked up from there and taken to the West Indies where they are traded for molasses which is taken back to New England to make rum
Triangular Trade
This state is referred to as the Buffer State because it was placed between the British colonies and the hostile Spanish settlements.
Georgia
What were the results of King Philip’s War?
The Natives wanted to drive out the English. Lots of colonists were separated from the church and the Natives lost
What was the Half-Way Covenant?
A way in which all people could participate in the church, no matter if they were below the visible saint. You can be baptized but not take communion.
What were the benefits of England owning the colonies?
Monopoly on tobacco, protection
Who wrote sinners in the hands of an angry god
Jonathan Edwards