Chapter 1
Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a “new world”
Amerigo Vespucci
Most of its colonies were originally charter colonies.
New England Colonies
resulted in the burning of Jamestown
Bacon's rebellion
Members of a religion especially strong among some American intellectuals.
Unitarians
British general who led the action against Quebec
James Wolfe
explorer for Spain who may have been the first European to see the land that is now the United States
Juan Ponce de Leon
These colonies had original settlements by the Dutch and the Swedes
Middle Colonies
resulted in the loss of the Indian way of life
King Phillip's War
group of people often given limited freedom by Protestant colonists.
Jews
led Virginian forces and acted as an aide to the British in the French and Indian War
George Washington
Explorer for Spain who discovered the Pueblo Indians and was the first European to see the Grand Canyon
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
One of its colonies was founded for Roman Catholics.
southern colonies
spread through Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine
King Phillip's War
members of the official church in every southern colony.
Anglicans
regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations
Navigation and Trade Acts
claimed the Mississippi River for France
Robert de La Salle
governor who wanted his colony to be “a city upon a hill”
John Winthrop
settlers attacked Indians without government permission
Bacon's Rebellion
German settlers who followed the early reformer John Huss.
Moravians
a series of acts, such as closing the port of Boston, designed to punish unruly Massachusetts.
Intolerable Acts
claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England
John Cabot
a “Friend” who accepted a colony as payment of debt.
William Penn
colonists captured Indians and sold them as slaves.
Pequot War
German religious group that printed America’s first German Bible.
Dunkers
taxed the work of colonial businessmen, particularly lawyers and printers
Stamp Act