Important People
Introduced the profitable strain of tobacco that saved Jamestown economically
John Rolfe
Under this system, the initial Spanish settlers in the Americas were granted the right to extract labor from local inhabitants. This system led to harsh treatment of Indians.
Encomienda System
English philosopher whose Two Treatises of Government argued that government is created to protect life, liberty, and property — and that the people may revolt if it fails.
John Locke
This colony, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
This "brown gold" saved the Jamestown colony and became the foundation of the Chesapeake economy
Tobacco
Led the Puritan 'Great Migration' and established Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
This term describes Britain’s unofficial policy of loosely enforcing parliamentary laws, allowing the colonies to develop autonomous self-government.
Salutary Neglect
Daughter of Chief Powhatan whose relationship with John Smith and later marriage to John Rolfe temporarily stabilized relations between Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy.
Pocahontas
Unlike the profit-driven Chesapeake, this region was settled by families seeking religious freedom and built a society based on tight-knit towns.
This system granted 50 acres of land to anyone who paid for the passage of a laborer to the New World.
The headright system.
Connecticut minister whose 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741) used vivid hellfire imagery and Lockean psychology to trigger mass conversions.
Jonathan Edwards
his religious revival in the 1730s and 40s challenged traditional church authority and led to the rise of "New Light" ministers.
The Great Awakening
Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania (1681) on principles of pacifism, religious toleration, and relatively fair treatment of Native Americans. Attracted Germans and Scots-Irish in large numbers.
William Penn
This "City Upon a Hill" governor led the Massachusetts Bay Colony and envisioned a strict Puritan utopia.
John Winthrop
In 1676, this armed rebellion by landless former indentured servants led Virginia planters to shift toward African slave labor.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Virginia planter who led an armed rebellion (1675–76) against royal governor William Berkeley, attacking both Native Americans and the colonial establishment.
Nathaniel Bacon
What state did Dr. Malnati grow up in?
Ohio
Wampanoag sachem who organized a broad Native American coalition against New England settlers in King Philip's War (1675–76) — the most devastating colonial war per capita.
Metacom (King Philip)
Known as the "Breadbasket," this middle colony was founded as a haven for Quakers and practiced significant religious tolerance.
Pennsylvania
This gruesome leg of the Transatlantic Trade route brought enslaved Africans to the Americas under horrific conditions
Middle Passage
Boston midwife who led religious meetings challenging Puritan clergy, arguing for direct revelation over church authority. Tried for heresy and banished to Rhode Island in 1638.
Anne Hutchinson
This 1680 uprising in present-day New Mexico successfully expelled the Spanish for over a decade.
Pueblo Revolt
Puritan minister banished from Massachusetts for arguing separation of church and state and for fair treatment of Native Americans. Founded Providence/Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
This colony was originally founded by the Dutch as New Netherland before being seized by the English in 1664.
New York
This economic policy dictated that colonies existed solely to enrich the mother country by providing raw materials and a market for finished goods.
Mercantilism