Puritans & Colonial Foundations
Who were the Puritans?
English Christians who wanted to reform the Church of England from within and left for future America.
What is Indentured Servitude?
A system where people worked for a set time in exchange for passage to America.
What year did Bacon’s Rebellion occur?
1676
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
British and colonists vs. French and Indigenous Communities.
What was the Stamp Act?
A tax on paper goods in the colonies.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement by Puritans to create a self-governing (a government of its own people) colony.
How was slavery different from indentured servitude?
Slavery was for life and hereditary; indentured servitude was temporary.
What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?
Settlers wanted to fight the Indigenous Communities; the governor refused.
What was the main cause of the war?
Conflicts over land and control of the Ohio River Valley.
Why did colonists oppose the Townshend Acts?
They taxed goods without colonial consent.
Why did the Puritans leave England?
They were being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
Why were Africans enslaved in the colonies?
Colonists needed a large, cheap labor force for plantations.
What was one effect of Bacon’s Rebellion?
Jamestown was burned. Harsh laws were created.
What treaty ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris (1763).
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
Where did the Puritans settle in America? (Which colony was this?)
In New England, mainly Massachusetts (Plymouth and Boston).
Name one cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies.
Tobacco or rice.
Who led Bacon’s Rebellion?
Nathaniel Bacon
What land did Britain gain after the war?
Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River.
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
Punished Massachusetts and closed Boston Harbor.
How did Puritan beliefs influence their colonies?
They created strict religious communities focused on morality and education.
What was daily life like for most colonists in New England?
Small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, and close-knit religious communities.
How did Bacon’s Rebellion reveal tensions in colonial society?
It showed conflicts between settlers and the colonial government.
How did the war lead to tensions between Britain and the colonies?
Britain taxed colonies to pay war debts, angering colonists.
What phrase summarized colonial protest against these acts?
“No taxation without representation.”