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

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

Puritans

100

This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in black slavery and decrease in indentured servitude.

Bacon’s Rebellion

100

This was the first representative assembly in North America, created in Virginia (1619).

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

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

Furs

200

This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves

Stono Rebellion

200

This type of meeting became a “seed of democracy” in early New England.

Town Hall Meetings

200

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

Middle

200

This church was the dominant church in the Southern colonies (and New York).

Anglican Church/Church of England

300

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

300

This 1691 rebellion in New York was led by a Dutchman against the Dominion of New England

Leisler’s Rebellion

300

This 1736 court case set a trend for more freedom of the press in the colonies.

John Peter Zenger Trial

300

The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these

fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce

300

During the era before the French and Indian War, this resulted in the colonies being left alone to develop their own economic and political institutions.

Salutary Neglect

400

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

King Philip's War

400
1764 rebellion of Scots-Irish frontiersmen resulting from perceived disproportional control of the Pennsylvania government and failure to provide adequate defense on the frontier.
Paxton Boys
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

400

Before 1750, this was the most frequent action of British colonists in response to increased trade regulations in the colonies?

Smuggling

500

Developed by the Puritans in an effort to organize against the Natives and discuss matters pertaining to religion and community building

Congregational Church

500

These two conflicts in Virginia foreshadowed the reservation system (we are also looking for dates)

First Powhatan War of 1614 and Second Powhatan War of 1644

500

This 17th century document was the first written constitution in American colonial history.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

500

This organization led by Edmund Andros was overthrown by New Englanders in 1689, an event known as the “1st American Revolution.”

Dominion of New England

500

This individual openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders, and was later expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony

Anne Hutchinson