Period 2

• Jamestown


  1607. First permanent settlement (Roanoke people disappeared). In the South East in Virginia. JAMESTOWN IS FOR PROFIT. Created from a joint-stock company. Tobacco saves Jamestown. John Rolf brings the idea of tobacco to Jamestown (while everyone was dying), so people from Europe went to farm tobacco to make a PROFIT. Cash crop. Jamestown people left with a charter so they didn't have to listen to the Church of England. They only had to listen to the government of England.
• Plymouth


  Located in Massachusetts (think Boston). Was funded by the Americans who came on the Mayflower. FOUNDED FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Not everyone was going for religious freedom. Some were made to go for their skills so they could generate profit for the community (joint-stock). It becomes the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Mayflower Compact


  An agreement that the Pilgrims made that they would have a government in Plymouth. But they did not have acceptance from the Church of England. Pilgrims lost their Charter so they made their own government. The Mayflower Compact was the first legal document that began the ideas that would later help create the Constitution.
• Puritans


  English Protestants that want to purify the Church of England from all things Catholic. Puritans can also be called Separatists.
• Pilgrims


  Pilgrims are English Separatists. Formed Plymouth for Freedom of Religion. Wanted to SEPARATE from the Church of England. On their way to Jamestown but they are blown wayyyyy off course so they ended up in Plymouth. Since the Pilgrims lost their Charter so they established their own government.
• King Philip's War


  Last major efforts the Native Americans of southern New England made to drive off the English. Also known as Metacom's Rebellion. 1675-1676. Native Americans were getting sick of being dependent on the English, and were sick of them selling tribal land and expanding. Very bloody uprising that lasted fourteen months and ended up destroying twelve frontier towns.
• Joint-Stock Company


  A bunch of people throw in money to form something for profit (shareholders). Ex: Jamestown.
• Massachusetts Bay


  Primarily established for religious freedom.
• Corporate/Royal/Proprietary Colonies


  Corporate Colonies: owned by joint-stock colonies (Jamestown) Royal Colonies: under direct rule of the kings government (VA) Propriety Colonies: Under the authority of individuals who were granted ownership (Carolinas, MA)
• Lord Baltimore


  Actual name is Cecil Calvert. (Baltimore, Maryland). Part of Chesapeake Bay. Established for Catholics (How to Remember: Queen Mary was a strong Catholic or the Virgin Mary is an important figure of Catholicism)
• Roger Williams


  ...Founded a colony named Providence and it became Rhode Island. First a Puritan and then became a Baptists. He advocated for the natives and that the settlers should be fair with their dealing and give them land. Providence was established for religious tolerance and freedom.
• Triangular Trade


  18th-19th centuries. Shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves. Then they were transported to the West Indies for other goods like sugar, rum, etc which were sent back to Britain.
• Anne Hutchison


  Puritan in Massachusetts Bay colony. She advocated for religious toleration. She was beginning to say things like "You don't need a clergy member to be there when you pray" This annoyed the clergy so they kicked her out. She joined Roger Williams and founded Rhode Island together
• Antinomianism


  The idea that members of a particular religious group are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality as presented by religious authorities.
• Indentured Servants


  People from Europe didn't have much money or settlement. After a few years of gathering money while working under someone, you're free and get your own start. But people began abusing the system and holding people under work for longer. So less and less people wanted to be indentured. Leads to different forms of slavery.
• Rhode Island


  Created by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. It was the only colony that offered complete religious freedom at the time.
• Halfway Covenant


  Applied to members of the Puritan colonies who were children of church members. The covenant allowed them to participate in church affairs.
• Act of Toleration


  1649. Lord Baltimore (Cecil Calvert) ordered this act after a Protestant was made governor of Maryland. The colony was largely Protestant. The act guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians.
• John Locke


  British political theorist who wrote the Fundamental Constitution for the Carolinas colony. Never put into effect. This Fundamental Constitution would have set up a feudalistic government and the aristocracy would control it, owning the most land.
• Quakers


  Religious Society of Friends. A Christian movement that states the priesthood of all believers.
• William Penn


  Founded Pennsylvania. Provided protection for Quakers. Received the land from King Charles II. It allowed Religious freedom.
• Rice/ Tobacco


  Cash crops. These crops need a lot of land. They are very labor intensive. More profit means -> plant more -> more servants.
• John Winthrop/City on a Hill

  1629. The first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritan. Opposed total democracy. Believed colony would be best governed by a small group of skillful leaders. Organized the New England Confederation in 1643 and served as its first president. City on a Hill pretty much meant that faith or success would take time and effort. You have to drag the parts up a hill to create the city on a hill. Also the city would be clearly visible and the world would create judgement seeing this city on a hill.
• Chesapeake


  Splits into Virginia and Maryland.
• Mercantilism


  Economic policy of Europe. Government controlled the industry and trade with the idea that national strength and economic security comes from exporting more than importing. Great Britain would control the colonies by forcing them to buy Britain's exported goods.
• Bacon's Rebellion


  Nathaniel Bacon. 1676. Settlers and Nathaniel were angry at the Virginia Governor, Berkley, for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. Bacon and his men defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown, burning it to the ground. The rebellion ended when Bacon died of an illness.
• Stono Rebellion

  Slave rebellion. Largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies. In South Carolina, a lot of slaves were being brought into the colonies. White colonists were afraid of the greater amounts of slaves, so they began placing stricter controls. This caused the slaves to rebel.
• Leisler's Rebellion


  1689. James II was dethroned and replaced by King William of the Netherlands. Colonists of New York were infuriated and made Jacob Leiser (militia officer) the governor of New York. William got ahold of the colony, found Leisler, and hung him for treason. His representative assembly stayed a part of the government of New York.
• James Oglethorpe


  Founder and the governor of Georgia. Slaves, catholicism, and alcohol were forbidden in his colony. Colonists did not like how Oglethorpe ran the show like a dictator which eventually caused the colony to crumble. Oglethorpe lost his position as governor.
• Middle Passage


  When slaves were shipped from Africa to the Caribbean. Many slaves died on these ships which were very poorly conditioned.
• Headright system


  Parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. Virginia Company.
• Zenger Trial


  John Peter Zenger. New York Printer. Began the movement of freedom of press. He began a publication called the New York Weekly Journal. Pointed out the actions of the corrupt royal governor, William Cosby. Zenger was accused of libel. During his trial, Zenger's wife continued the publications. Andrew Hamilton was Zenger's lawyer and pleaded for his release. Zenger was given the verdict of not guilty.
• Phillis Wheatley


  An colonial poet. African domestic slave in the colonies. Very famous poet.
• Albany Plan


  The proposal to unify the Thirteen Colonies. This was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. "Join or Die" (snake propaganda). It didn't work out, but it was the first proposal to unite the colonies under one government.
• Great Awakening


  1739-1744. Puritanism declined by the 1730s. People were upset with the decline of religious piety. All of sudden an outbreak of religion swept through the colonies. This even began to unify the colonies. Evangelical
• George Whitefield

  Was credited with starting the Great Awakening.
• Jonathan Edwards


  Part of the Great Awakening. Very good at giving impactful sermons of sin and the torments of hell. Yale minister. Opposed to the Church of England.
• Old Lights/New Lights


  Old Lights: Established Congregational Church.

  New Lights: New religious movements formed that broke away from the congregational church in New England.
• Enlightenment


  The movement in Europe that emphasized reason and science. A lot of focus on government, ethics, and science rather than imagination, religion, or emotions. Rejected Deism.
• Ben Franklin


  Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, Founding Father etc. Highly respected in Europe and America. His discoveries in the field of electricity gained him popularity (kite and lightning).