Early Virginia
This was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.
Jamestown
This group wanted to purify the Anglican Church from within, while their separatist cousins wished to leave it entirely.
Puritans
This philosophical movement in the 1700s stressed reason, science, and individual rights.
Enlightenment
This economic theory stated that a nation's ultimate goal was self-sufficiency and that all countries were in a competition to acquire the most gold and silver.
Mercantilism
The French colonies primarily traded in...
Fur
Seeking wealth, the original Jamestown colonists were primarily looking for...
Gold
This English term was used to describe a laborer who agreed to a limited term of servitude in exchange for passage to North America, food, and shelter.
Indentured Servants
The hysteria and accusations of ___ in Massachusetts in the 1690s are often seen as an example of social and religious stress in the colonies.
Witchcraft
These series of laws were passed by the English Parliament beginning in 1651 to tightly control colonial trade, ensuring it benefited the mother country.
Navigation Acts
Who was: The first president of the United States; he served as a representative to the Continental Congresses and commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
George Washington
This was the primary cash crop that ensured the long-term economic survival of Jamestown.
Tobacco
This Dutch colony was located on the land that would eventually become New York...
New Netherlands
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for his religious group.
Pennsylvania
What is the law-making body of England? (Their equivalent of Congress)
Parliament
The British imposed this boundary line following the French and Indian War, banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation Line of 1763
This system granted 50 acres of land to Indentured Servants to Virginia.
Headright System
This Puritan leader delivered the famous "City upon a Hill" sermon and served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
This religious movement of the 1730s and 1740s aimed to revive religious intensity and commitment throughout the colonies.
Great Awakening
This policy of loosely enforcing trade regulations and other laws in the colonies was intentionally practiced by England for much of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Salutary Neglect
This Ottawa chief led an uprising against the British in 1763 after they captured French forts in the Great Lakes region.
Pontiac / Pontiac's Rebellion
This uprising in 1676 by frontier settlers against Governor Berkeley highlighted tensions over land and Native American policy.
Bacon's Rebellion
This war, led by an Algonquian chief in 1675–1676, was the final major effort by Native Americans to drive the English out of New England.
This major 1739 slave uprising occurred in South Carolina, leading to stricter slave laws.
Stono Rebellion
This consolidated super-colony, created by King James II, merged the New England colonies, New York, and New Jersey under a single appointed governor to tighten royal authority.
Dominion of New England
The British turned the tide of the war after the election of this politician, who committed vast resources and military focus to the North American theater.
William Pitt