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Native American Interactions
Colonial Conflicts
Landmarks/Laws/ Government
Colonies and Their Regions
Religion and Economics
100

This European community's settlers most categorically rejected North American Native 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 Native Americans 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

Laws restricting the movement & rights of free blacks and teaching slaves literacy was forbidden placed in South Carolina and Georgia

Slave Codes OR Slave Laws

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

This allowed people to take part in church services & activities without making a formal declaration of their belief in Christ

The Halfway Covenant

300

The largest and most successful Native American revolt against the Spaniards in what is now known as New Mexico. It was successful due to the fact of collective resistance amongst the Natives.

Pueblo Revolt

300

Where governments regulated trade to maximize national wealth and you have more exports than imports. This idea upset colonists because they did not get to capitalize on the much of the monies 

Mercantilism

300

2 house legislature (upper house appointed by crown & proprietors & lower house chosen by citizens) were placed in the colonies and were known as 

Representative Assemblies

300

The primary staple crops produced in the Chesapeake region

Tabacco

300

During this era, 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 Natives and the beheading of Wampanoag Chief Metacom

King Philip's War OR Metacom's War

400

The principles of this guided the founding of the colony of Georgia, but those principles failed to stand up to the realities of colonial life

Enlightenment

400
Although technically not a constitution, this was a landmark agreement among Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims for majority rule.
Mayflower Compact
400
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
400
Before 1750, this was the most frequent action of British colonists in response to increased trade regulations in the colonies?
Smuggling
500

Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven organized together for their mutual protection. The confederation was directed by a board composed of two representatives from each colony and had limited powers to act on boundary disputes, the return of runaway servants, and dealings with Natives

New England Confederation

500

Through the efforts of John Rolfe and his Native wife, Pocahontas, the Jamestown colony developed a variety of tobacco that became popular in Europe and a profitable crop. To recruit more White settlers, Virginia provided 50 acres of land to any settler or to anyone who paid for passage for a settler to the colon, thus enraging many Natives in the process.

Headright system

500

These settlers were under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership directly by the king.

Proprietary Colonies

500

It was British Kings commonly grant land to nobles rather than allowing settlers to claim it, revoking all colonial charters. An event eventually 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 and helped form the Pennsylvania colony

Anne Hutchinson