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Who is John Winthrop?
-explored the Massachusetts Bay Colony
-a Puritan leader
-visioned a godly commonwealth
What is a conquistador?
-explored the Americas and conquered natives
-established dominance over natives land
-prospered from native's resources
Where is Jamestown?
the first permanent English settlement in America
When was the Toleration Act?
in 1649 : allowing freedom of religion in Maryland
allowed for the legalization of slavery in the 18th century
Who is John Locke?
-an English philosopher and political theorist
-believed in natural rights and the social contract
What is a tariff?
-a tax on imports that inflates prices
-protected American jobs
Where are the New England Colonies?
-Rhode Island
-Connecticut
-New Hampshire
-Massachusetts
When was The King Philip's War?
in 1675-1676 : bloodiest war in colonial history where colonists won
exchanges plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
-practiced Enlightenment ideals
-a democratic founding father
-advocated for religious toleration
the power of human reason to promote progress by revealing natural laws that governed both nature and society
Where were the Salem Witch Trials?
witchcraft hysteria in New England
When was the First Great Awakening?
-in mid 1730s (before the age of revolution) : America experienced a time of intense revival and renewed focus on religion
Why Navigation Acts?
set the foundation of English mercantile laws and restricted transport of colonial commerce
Who is James Madison?
-contributed to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers with A. Hamilton and John Jay.
-started the Second National Bank
-believed listing of rights would limit individual rights
-separation of a church and state
-state does not support any religion
Where was the Pequot War?
Indian war with settlers in Connecticut
When was the Stono Rebellion?
in 1739 : in South Carolina; the largest slave revolt during colonial period
Why 18th Century Immigration?
-increased non-English immigrants and decreased English immigrants.
-the poor moved west for cheaper land
Who is Charles Finney?
-leader of the Second Great Awakening
-"father of modern revivalism"
What is mercantilism?
-colonies served economic interest of a mother country
-nations grow rich from feeding off other nations
-developed manufacturing
Where is the triangular trade?
exchange of goods throughout the Americas, the New World, Africa, and England
When was the Stamp Act?
in 1765 : in order to pay for new army to police new territories; taxed printed document in colonies
enragement by monopoly of tea trade and English refusal to rescind tea tax, men boarded ships and emptied tea into the harbor