Vocabulary and Important People
Established the 1st English colony in North America
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh
(hint: Pochahontas' people)
Who is the Powhatan Confederacy?
Began in Virginia on the western frontier
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
called Separatists and wanted to seperate from the Church of England
Who are the Pilgrims
a town planner and lawyer who believe in religious freedom
Who is William Penn
faced extreme starvation and death; colonists ate any available animals and even leather shoes
What is the Starving Time?
introduced tobacco to Jamestown and made it a economic success
Who is John Rolfe?
who formed a militia and conducted raids on Indigenous groups to drive them out of the area
Who is Nathanial Bacon?
Puritan leader and founder of Providence Rhode Island because he did not agree with certain Puritan rules
Who is Roger Williams
Was a busy port and trading center
What is Philadelphia?
a system in which a person agrees to work for an employer for a certain amount of time in exchange for training or payment in land or goods
What is indentured servants?
a joint stock company formed by merchants
What is the Virginia Company?
What is the indentured servitude contributed to conflicts with the Native Americans.
Roger Williams publicly disagreed with Puritan rules and was told to come back to ______________
What is England?
Philadelphia's growth created ______________ and opportunities for success
What is many jobs
Virginia Governor who wanted to avoid violence between settles and Indigenous people
Who is William Berkley
they helped establish families and made a more stable long-term community
Who are women and children?
accused of protecting the wealthy, but was attempting to prevent war with the Native Americans
Who is William Berkley?
believe only a few people were chosen by God
Who are Puritans?
Name two pieces of evidence that supports this claim
"Philadelphia was representative of the culture of the thirteen colonies."
1. people could go to Pennsylvania and be free
2. able to practice religion of choice
3. had many jobs and opportunities to be successful
4. thriving port
an agreement for self-government signed by Pilgrims
What is the Mayflower Compact?
he gave English merchants a charter to establish 2 colonies
Who is King James I
Governor Berkeley's attempt of preventing a war with the Indigenous people cause hardships for _______________
Who are common farmers?
Both Plymouth and the colony at Massachusetts Bay want to __________ in a way that was different from the Church of England
What is worship?
"Society of Friends", disagreed with Puritan beliefs
Who are Quakers?