Slavery/Indentured Servitude
Seasoning
First three years of an indentured servant's life in which you die
Jamestown
Settlement founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company, founded with the purpose of greed/making money
Mourning War
Quick, sudden war, bring back prisoners who are adopted into tribes to replace lost or dead people
Navigation Acts
English goods in English bottoms
You cannot ship anything except English goods in England-made ships
Treaty of Paris
Treaty that ended Revolutionary War
Samuel Sewall
Author who wrote a popular pamphlet criticizing the institution of slavery, wrote first English antislavery tract in New World
Plymouth
Settlement founded in 1620 Massachusetts Bay, founded for religious purposes
John Eliot
Puritan minister who tried to convert Native Americans into Christianity
Mercantilism
Whoever has the gold makes the rules
More gold and silver you have, more armies you can acquire, etc.
Benjamin Rush
Was a figure who advocated for more rights to be given, symbol of dismay against what America was becoming like after Revolutionary War
Middle Passage
Stage of Atlantic slave trade in which many African-Americans were unwillingly shipped to America.
John Smith
Helped Jamestown survive when the town had a habit of not working and drinking from unreliable sources
Lord Dunmore's War
British helped Native Americans negotiate amongst themselves in order to gain them as allies in the Revolutionary War
Salutary Neglect
Eased restrictions on the colonies, which gave them autonomy as well as increasing colonial trade, economic growth, as long as they remained loyal to Britain
Battle of Trenton
Battle during Revolutionary War where Washington's army won, albeit it was due to luck rather than skill
Cursed Be Canaan
Religious rationale that slavery was morally right due to it being discussed in Bible, Canaan and his bloodline were cursed and deserved to be slaves
Puritanism
A religious sect who disbanded from the Church of England in order to practice their religious beliefs freely, did not like gaudy practices of England, made settlement of Plymouth
William Johnson
Key figure in setting up negotiations between Native Americans and Britain. When he died, there was a lack of Native American allies united on the British side.
Stamp Act
Put a tax on every deed and official document on newspapers, playing cards, wills, etc.
Battle of Monmouth
Battle that symbolized the colonial army winning on the same terms as the British, first major battle after Valley Forge
The Selling of Joseph
Popular pamphlet written by Sewall criticizing the institution of slavery, First English antislavery tract in New World
Roanoke
Failed established colony in 1585 Virginia, important for being the first attempted known settlement by colonists in America
William Penn
Penn's Quaker colony is notable for keeping its peace between its settlers and Native American tribes at a time where everywhere else brought warfare
Declaratory Act
Act that went alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act, stated that Parliament was refusing to give up the power to make laws for the colonies as they were the central power colonists should listen to
Battle of Saratoga
1777 Battle in New York that led the French to join the colonial cause, which helped turn the tide of the war