Native American Interactions
Democratic Landmarks
Colonies and Their Regions
Religion and Economics
100

This conflict resulted in the lasting defeat of New England's Indians and the beheading of Wampanoag Chief Metacom

King Philip's War

100

This was the first elected government in North America, created in Virginia (1619).

Representative assembly/House of Burgesses

100
He claimed that the Puritans should, “build a city upon a hill,” and became governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
John Winthrop
100
In 1649, this became the first law granting a degree of religious toleration in the colonies.
Maryland Act of Toleration
200

This American Indian Confederation, reaching from the St. Lawrence Valley to the eastern Great Lakes, successfully resisted both native and colonial challenges during the 18th century

the Iroquois

200

This document guaranteed to the Jamestown settlers the same rights of Englishmen back home in the New World

Virginia Charter

200
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse
Middle
200

This church was the dominant church in the English Colonies

Anglican Church/Church of England

300

This European country focused on the forced conversion and enslavement of the Natives

Spain

300

This 1676 Virginia uprising, led by farmers, challenged Governor William Berkeley over Native American policy and the colony's government.

Bacon's Rebellion

300
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
300

This cash crop was most sought after in the Chesapeake Bay colonies 

Tobacco

400

This European community's settlers in New England most categorically rejected North American Indian culture and worldviews

Puritans

400
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
Mayflower Compact
400

The primary staple crops produced in the middle colonies included

Wheat, oats, barley, corn

400

The dominate economic system in place at this time where colonies serve the “Mother Country”

Mercantilism 

500
French and Dutch colonial relationships with American Indians were based primarily on trade alliance for this good
Furs
500

This 1730s–1740s religious movement spread through the American colonies as preachers emphasized personal faith and a personal relationship with God.

The Great Awakening

500

This type of colony is described as having investors pool their money to fund a colony

Joint-Stock Company/Corporate Colony

500

One of the Pilgram's main goals in settling in the colonies was to separate from...

The Church of England