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married Pocahontas, discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in VA
John Rolfe
open and obvious actions taken to oppose authority or change, such as protests or vocal objections
Overt Resistance
an early English settlement in North America that mysteriously vanished with its fate unknown.
Lost Colony of Roanoke
captured in Nigeria in 1756, when he was 11 and sold into slaveryo
Oladuah Equiano
an American polymath, inventor, and founding father known for his contributions to science, politics, and diplomacy
Benjamin Franklin
3 wars fought between English settlers of the VA colony
Powhatah Wars
a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasizing reason, logic, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority.
Enlightenment
1494 treaty between Spain and Portugal, divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between them along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands
Treaty of Tordesillas
english explorer, circumnavigated the world in 1 expedition, 1st Englishman to do so
Francis Drake
the founder of Rhode Island who advocated for religious freedom and the separation of church and state
Roger Williams
the American phrase of a worldwide nine-year war between France and Great Britain, determining control of North America
French-Indian War
the transatlantic trading of enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries
Atlantic Slave Trade
the first written constitution of the American colonies, establishing a framework for self-governance in Connecticut, written in 1639
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
english explorer, soldier who helped establish Jamestown, VA
John Smith
an American theologian and preacher who played a key role in the First Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
a 1680 uprising of the ###### people against Spanish colonizers in present day New Mexico, resulting in the temporary expulsion of the Spanish.
Pueblo Revolt
a religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s, emphasizing individual piety and a personal connection with God
First Great Awakening
a 1661 law in Barbados that provided a legal basis for slavery and defined the rights of enslaved people and their owners
Maryland Toleration Act
a Puritan spiritual advisor who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her preaching of skepticism and questioning of Puritan teachings, which helped define the limits of religious tolerance in the colony.
Anne Hutchinson
an English evangelist whose preaching helped spark the First Great Awakening
George Whitefield
the Plymouth & Massachusetts settlements encroach on the ##### land in eastern Connecticut
Pequot War
the movement of the English Puritans to New England between 1620 and 1640 to escape religious persecution
Puritan Great Migration
NY publisher defended by Andrew Hamilton, was ruled that criticisms of the government weren't slanderous if really true
John Peter Zenger Case