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Catholic, Monarchy: If England colonized in the 1500s, America would be ________ and have a ________.
Holland: In 1608, a group of Separatists fled to this country
Reason: Using ______, man can unlock the secrets of natural law.
Patroon: Dutch landowner
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: 1st American Constitutional Plans
Internal Stability: Examples of this Force for English Migration to America include The War of the Roses, and Henry VII building nationalism
Whaling: Nantucket and other communities in New England became centers of the _______ industry.
Wampanoags: Group of Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims
Anglican: The Puritans and Separatists both had strong feelings about the ________ Church
Pilgrims: Contributions of the ________: They provided a Religious community, and proved it could exist. They provided a precedent for future written constitutions, representative government, private land ownership, and intolerance.
Tenant Farmers Thrown off Land: English Event that Led to Manpower Pool for Colonizing
Social Class: Unlike in the cities few ______ _____ distinctions were common in the frontier
One: # of Crops New England grew per year
Internal Stability, Change in Economy, English Reformation, and Richard Hakluyt: 4 Forces for English Migration to America
King George: Georgia was named after ____ ______.
King James: Who took back the Virginia Company of London's Charter and controlled Virginia himself?
Largest: By 1740, Boston was the _______ city in the colonies
King James: The colonists in Virginia named their settlement and the river that led to it after ____ _____.
Francis Drake: From 1577 to 1580, this explorer sailed to the Pacific to raid Spanish ships. He also explored the coast of California, then continued on to be the 2nd man to sail around the world
Henry VII: After his victory of the War of the Roses, Henry Tudor's name changed to _____ ___.
Theory: The ______ of Mercantilism was: A Nation should regulate its economy to strengthen itself.
Separatists: Protestant Christians who wanted to separate from the Church of England
City upon a Hill: John Winthrop called the Massachusetts Bay Colony "A ____ _____ a ____."
England: According to the Navigation Acts, What was the only country in which the colonists could sell some of their goods to?
Great Migration: Movement from England to America
Patroon: Dutch owner of a large estate
Persecuted: Some Separatists withdrew from the Anglican Church, and were __________.
Farms Became Pastures: English Event that Led to Tenant Farmers thrown off the land becoming unemployed
Rice, Indigo, and Tobacco: The 3 cash crops of the South
Navigation Acts: The First of these acts said that colonists must use English-built ships
Puritans: Contributions of the ________: They strengthen Capitalism in America, they helped the development of Democracy, they stressed Education, they stressed Morality and Virtue, the urge to Reform thins, and a sense of Superiority
Charles II: King who tried to change the charters of New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Middle Colonies: The German Custom of barn raising, along with sheep-shearing, cornhusking, and butchering were often shared by the settlers in these colonies
The New England Confederation: Because England is in a civil war, four colonies band together for defense and to address intercolonial problems. Each member had two votes, and colonists gained experience in delegating votes to representatives. This is a first experience with colonial unity.
Legislature: Lawmaking Body
Congregational: The religion of New England
Middle Colonies: The triangular trade system of this colony: Grain->Luxuries (Italy)->Manufactured Goods (Eng)
1642-1649: Years of the English Civil War (Roundheads Versus Cavaliers)
Tension: Rich newcomers in Virginia got fertile coast land while the poor were pushed into the dangerous back country. Result:_______
Middle Passage: Route between Africa and America
Demand for More Wool: English Event that Led to the occupation of raising sheep became more profitable
Lord Baltimore: Founder of the Maryland Colony
Slavery: In America, because of the labor shortage, _______ was the only option left
Apprentice: Trainee to a master Artisan
Great Migration: During this time, 20,000 Puritans came to Massachusetts
Rich Planters: The wealthy upper class in the South consisted of ____ ________, who developed their own way of life on their plantations.
People Making Money: English Event that Led to Profits for Investment
Many Skills: What the women of families had during the labor shortage
Nature: In the Enlightenment, there are laws of ______.
Textile Industry Grows: English Event that Led to the Demand for more Wool
50 to 75: Percent of people coming to Virginia that were indentured servants
Starving Time: The Massachusetts Bay Colony didn't have one of these
Natural: In the Enlightenment, God is replaced by _______ Law
Lord-Lieutenant: Job that was the Local Military Arm of the King
Harvard: 1st college in the colonies
Indian Raids: Bacon's Rebellion was caused by tension, and sparked by the...
Investors: Who actually paid the costs of the English settlement in Virginia?
Virginia Company: In 1604, Merchants for this company applied for a charter
Roger Williams: Man who spent a winter with the Narragansetts
Subsistence Farming: When Farmers only make enough for them and their families
Mixture: The religion of Middle Colonies
Urban: Relating to that within a city
Locke and Rousseau: Men That Stated: Government is created by the consent of the governed; Man creates government to protect his natural rights
Commonwealth: Self-Governing Political unit
1621: 1st Thanksgiving
Church and State: Roger Williams believed in separation of ______ and _____.
Political: (What kind of motive to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony?) Parliament dissolved
New England: The triangular trade system of this colony: Fish, Lumber->Sugar->Manufactured Goods (Eng)
Wage Labor: In America, ____ _____ was scarce due to cheap land.
Higher: In America, women had a ______ position in society due to the labor shortage and women shortage
Knighted: The Spanish protested Francis Drake's actions, so Elizabeth ________ Drake.
Pilgrims: The name of the group of Separatists who moved for the sake of religious tolerance
Hung: In 1675, 3 Wampanoags were ____ for murder
Tension: Social and Geographical Mobility in Virginia. Result:_______
Proprietor: Individual who received legal and exclusive right to a company
New Amsterdam: The center of the Dutch Colony in America
Mayflower Compact: Agreement made by pilgrim settlers that ensured self government
Squanto: Samoset sent this Indian to see the Pilgrims
Meetinghouse: Another name for the church
Massachusetts Bay Colony: Colony started by Puritans who were hated by Charles I
Labor Shortage: Abundant Land and Few Colonists =...
Indentured Servants: How did planters treat the first Africans brought to America?
Act of Supremacy: Act in which Henry VIII made himself the head of the Church of England
Burgesses: Representatives to a lawmaking body
Bootstrap Englishmen: During the 1630's was the Rise of Local Virginia Leadership. ("_________ __________")
Richard Hakluyt: Force of English Migration who collected and reproduced stories about America. He listed the Reasons to go to America, also.
Pequot: Because the English pushed the ______ in Connecticut from their land, violence arose
Toleration: Acceptance of different religious beliefs
Navigation Acts: Laws passed by England to control Colonial trade
Act of Supremacy: The effect of the ___ __ _________: There were Pro-Roman Catholics and Pro-Protestants. Both were minorities, both were persecuted, and both added to the manpower pool of possible colonizers
Middle Class: The class that Henry VII supported
Private: Children in the Middle Colonies were educated by private tutors, or at _______ schools or charity schools.
Hudson Riverfront: The Dutch West India Company gave huge tracts of ______ __________ land to anyone who brought 50 settlers to New Amsterdam
Providence: Roger Williams bought land from the Narragansetts for a community called _________.
Merchant: An upper class of wealthy ________ families grew up in New York and Philadelphia.
Metacomet: Cheif of the Wampanoags
Old: In what world (Old or New) was this social structure? Nobility, Gentry, Yeomanry, Peasent
Tobacco: Crop that made the economy of Jamestown successful
Boston: Capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Virginia: Success of ________: It opened America to English Settlement, it showed the Economic Possibilities of America, and it started a heritage of Law and Self-Government
Slavery: This could have been avoided, but there weren't barriers to its development
Sir Edmund Andros: Governor of the Dominion of New England
Rural: Area made up of mostly farms
Royal Colony: Colony under the control of the British King
Freedom: Eventually a few slaveholders gave trusted servants their _______.
Henry VII: Made 3 new jobs that all gave a new vitality to the local government that was later taken to America
Roanoke: The first English settlement, NOT successful
Invincible Armada: In 1588, John Whited returned to England to make sure supplies arrived from Roanoke... But, Phillip II of Spain sent his "__________ ______" to invade England.
Justice of the Peace: Job that was the Local Legal Arm of the King
Mary and William of Orange: Who came to power during the Glorious Revolution?
Libel: Act of punishing harmful statements
Proprietary: Government owned by an individual
Middle Passage: Forced trip from Africa to America by Enslaved Africans
Wheat, Pork: Cash crops in the Middle colonies included _____ and other grains, and beef and ____.
War of the Roses: Civil War in England from 1455-85
Legislature: Most colonial governments had an appointed governor. What other government body did they have?
Capitalism: Economic system in which production and distribution of goods/services are privately owned
1455-1485: Years of the War of Roses
Helpers: What the children of families were during the labor shortage
James II: King who tried to unite New England, New York, and New Jersey to make the Dominion of New England
Fur, Fishing, Lumber, and Farming: The Pilgrims economy consisted of:
Patroons: In New York State, tenant farmers worked the lands of wealthy ________.
Phillip: Another name for Metacomet
Dame Schools: In New england, children could be seen reading from a shared book at ____ _______.
Sheriff: Job that was the Local Political Arm of the King
1533: Year that Henry VIII and Anne Bolyne married
1621: In the autumn of this year, the first Thanksgiving occurred, and William Bradford was elected governor
John Winthrop: Called the Massachusetts Bay Colony "A City upon a Hill"
Racism: Englishmen felt ______ to Africans
Thomas Hooker: Man who lead some Massachusetts immigrants to live in the Connecticut River Valley
John Carver: Person who arranged financial backing and found a seaworthy ship for the Pilgrims
Property: Under the Slave codes, enslaved people were regarded as this.
William Penn: Named Pennsylvania after his father
1620: The Separatists arrived in New England on December 21, ____.
White Male Property Owner Older than 21: What were the qualifications of voting in most colonies?
Increase in Sheep Production: English Event that Led to 2 events: People making Money and Farms becoming Pastures (Enclosure Movement)
Plantation: Large Farm
Philadelphia and New York City: The two largest cities in the Middle Colonies
Elizabeth I: In 1558, _________ _, the daughter of Henry VIII became queen
John Smith: Person who first took charge of the troubled Jamestown settlement
New Haven: Founded by people who couldn't stand living in Massachusetts (Merged with Connecticut in 1662)
Narragansetts: Roger Williams spent a winter with these Indians
1630: Year that marked the beginning of the Great Migration
Indentured Servants: In America, these people were part of the labor problem.
Baltimore: 3rd Largest city in the Middle Colonies
Farmers: 90% of Americans were _______ during the labor shortage
Toleration Act: Maryland Law guaranteeing all Christians the right to worship as they pleased
Plymouth Harbor: Where did the Pilgrims settle?
Big House: A plantation often consisted of a family mansion. It was called the ___ _____.
Anne Hutchinson: Freakishly smart woman who was banished from Massachusetts
James I: In 1624, this king grew hostile toward Virginia. He hated the House of Burgesses and Tobacco. He revoked the charter of the bankrupt Virginia Company and made Virginia a Royal Colony.
Philadelphia and New York City: The two key port cities in the Middle Colonies
Thomas Hooker: Man who had a government plan called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mercantilism: (What is this?) Colony sends Raw Materials to Mother country, Country sends back manufactured goods; Foreign trade between Country B and the Colony of the Mother Country (Taxed by Mother Country); Mother Country Sells a lot to Country B, and buys very little
Act of Supremacy: Why was the ___ __ _______ successful? Good Question. The Church of England was still Catholic, just not Roman Catholic. The Protestant Reformation had made some people unhappy with the Roman Catholic Church. Nationalism: England was now self-contained both politically and religiously. Confiscated church land bought support.
Church Members: The first General Court, which made the laws, included only Puritans who were investors, but later all adult freemen were included if they were ______ _______.
Independence and Equality: Frontier families developed a spirit of these two virtues because of the common dangers and hardships they faced.
Indigo: The ______ crop became an important second crop for Carolina Planters.
1619: 1st Blacks arrived in ____, not fully free
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: The first American Constitution
Tobacco: Using the Potomac, James and York Rivers, _______ farmers shipped their crop downstream to the coast directly to England. For this reason, Southern Colonies had fewer port cities than New England and the Middle Colonies had.
Cash Crop: Food crop grown to be sold
Joint Stock Company: A corporation for private investment in which you invest money, receive stock, and get a % of profits. Advantages of this include getting more money with less risk
Tobacco: Cash Crop In America
Roman Catholics or Jews: Religious minorities in the Middle Colonies
Help: In America, to make a profit, one needed ____.
Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch governor who seized the colony of New Sweden
Constitution: Document presenting a plan of government
Quakers: Religious community that made its home in Pennsylvania
Export: New England caught enough fish to be able to ______ it.
Scotch-Irish: People who immigrated to America and lived in the Frontier. They had no love for the British Government
New York: Once the colony of New Netherland was now controlled by England, it was renamed ___ ____ in honor of the King's brother.
Governor versus Assembly: Power struggle in America (2 sides)
Trial by Jury and the Right to be Taxed by People you Elect: What are two rights the colonists had as English citizens that they wouldn't have had as citizens of most European countries?
Savannah River: Planters used swampy land next to this river to grow rice.
1630-1643: Years of the Great Migration
1619: All changes in the year of ____ made Virginia more attractive
1607: In may of this year, 104 men arrived in Virginia. They sailed into Chesapeake Bay and up the James River. They called their settlement Jamestown.
17th: England began colonizing in the __th Century
Mayflower Compact: Every Separatist that sailed on the Mayflower had to sign this document
Bloody Mary: Another name for Mary I
Town Meeting: This meeting was held to deal with community issues
Mercantilism: A change in economy. Theory: A Nation should regulate its economy to strengthen itself. Goal: Get Gold and Silver. Colonies: A source of raw materials and a market for manufactured goods.
Puritans: People who tried to purify the Anglican Church
Massachusetts Bay Company: Company formed in 1629, and the charter didn't say that the company headquarters had to be in England. They were the first self-governing colony
Goal: The ____ of Mercantilism was: Make Mama Rich!!!! (Get Gold and Silver)
James: Charles II sent his brother _____, Duke of York to seize the Dutch colony of New Netherland
Class: In the Old World, people were aware of _____.
Henry Hudson: The Dutch West Trading Company set up a colony in North America. This territory was explored by _____ ______ and claimed for the Dutch.
Thanksgiving: Celebration of bountiful harvest shared by Pilgrims and Native Americans
Baptist: Roger Williams founded the first _______ church.
Pennsylvania: Home of the Quakers
Plantation: Huge Farm
Frontier: Thinly settled area on the outer edges of the colonies
Social Mobility: The ability to change class
Virginia Company of London: Who first granted colonists a voice in running Jamestown's government?
Mayflower: In September, 1620, a group of Separatists sailed to America on the _________.
Henry VIII: To produce a male heir, this man has marriage declare invalid and marries Anne Bolyne without the approval of the Catholic Church
Contesoga Wagon: Type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain
Triangular Trade Routes: Trade Routes that formed a triangle between the West Indies, Colonial America, Europe, and West Africa
New Jersey: The Duke of York gave away land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. It became ___ ______.
Charter: Official document granting the right to settle and trade
Netherlands: Where in Europe did the Separatists seek religious freedom?
Resistance: Rebellions and __________ by the enslaved peoples occurred on both slave ships and plantations
James I: In 1603, Elizabeth died and _____ _ became the King
West Indies, New England, and West Africa: 3 Stops on the Triangular Trade Route
Bill Of Rights: Document listing essential rights or liberties
Aristocratic: Most people of the south were ____________.
Rise of Capitalism: A change in economy that made Agriculture an Industry
Colonies: The ________ of Mercantilism were: A source of raw materials and a market for manufactured goods.
Naval Stores: Products used in shipbuilding
Mary I: In 1553-1558, Pro-Catholic ____ _ ruled England
James Oglethorpe: The founder of the Georgia colony
Joint-Stock Company: Form of business organization
Tobacco: In America, _______ needed care.
1630: Start of the Great Migration
Will of the Majority: Everyone who sailed on the Mayflower had to submit to the ____ of the ________.
Artisan: Craft Worker
Skilled Workers: Some enslaved Africans became _______ _______ such as carpenters or seamstresses.
Roman Catholicism: Lord Baltimore wanted to establish a colony where people could freely practice this religion.
Metacomet: The Wampanoag chief ________ joined with allies to make a war. It came to an end with his death.
Tension: Local leaders of Virginia fight newcomers for Political Power. Result:_______
Presbyterian: The religion of the Fronteir
Pine Forests: People settling on Carolina made a profit on their ____ _______.
Different Nationalities: The effect of _________ _____________ in America: Weakened the control of England had over the colonies, and increased toleration and equality
Roger Williams: Man who was banned from Massachusetts and fled to Rhode Island
Prejudice: Before America, Englishmen were _________.
Plymouth Bay: The Mayflower barely missed Virginia. (Haha, yeah right..) It landed in New England at this bay...
Carolina: King Charles II granted 8 English noble pieces of land that came to be called ________.
Roanoke: In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh made a second attempt to colonize Virginia. He sent 110 people to _______.
Self-Governing: Government that's chartered
Frontier: This forced people together, and everyone having the same experience in the same situation led to equality
Confess or be Executed: People who were accused of Witchcraft could do 2 things:
Breadbasket Colonies: The Middle Colonies earned this nickname because of all of their wheat
Church Members: In Massachusetts, only ______ _______ could vote
Home: A woman's place was in the ____.
Delaware: William Penn governed 3 lower counties along the Delaware River that eventually formed the colony of ________.
Newfoundland: In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed to ____________ with 5 ships and 260 men but no one would stay. Gilbert's ship sunk on the way home.
Leave: The difference between the Puritans and Separatists was that the Separatists wanted to _____ the church
Leaderless: In spring of 1609, only 50 colonists were alive. 400 new colonists arrived exhausted, sick, and _________. They failed to plant crops, and John Smith went home.
Superior: Before America, Englishmen felt ________ to others.
Edmund Andros: Governor of Massachusetts who closed town meetings, restricted schools, the courts, and the press
Adam Smith: Man That Stated: Economy operates without control (Laissez Faire)
Bill of Rights: 1689 marked the year of the first ____ of ______.
Excommunicated: Henry VIII was ______________ from the Catholic Church
Rhode Island: Roger Williams' community of Providence was a success. He accepted everyone into his community. Nearby towns eventually joined, and started the colony of _____ ______.
Religious: (What kind of motive to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony?) Because of Persecution and to set an example for the Church of England
1660: Year of the Restoration (Charles II returns and takes the throne)
New Hampshire and Maine: In 1622, John Mason and Sir Fernando Gorges received a land grant in the area that today is ___ _________ and _____.
Discrimination: After 1640, There is evidence of ______________ of Blacks in America.
No Work-No Eat: By January 1608, Only 38 had survived in Jamestown because of 2 things: Poorly chosen men, and wasted time looking for Gold. Several hundred colonists arrived and along came John Smith, someone who finally could take charge. He set up a rule __ ____-__ ___.
Export: To sell goods to other countries
Manpower Pool: A collection of workers that can be used for some task
Headright System: In 1619, discipline is relaxed in Jamestown. A _________ ______ was started, Women were Imported, and there was House of Burgesses
Change in Economy: Examples of this English force include the Rise of Capitalism, Mercantilism, and Joint Stock Companies
Massachusetts School Law: The first public school system was set up under this law
America: The structure of the government in _______: Governor, Counsil, Assembly
Croatoan: In 1590, John White finally returned to Roanoke. No one was there! The only word he found was ________.
Boston: As of 1740, the largest city in the colonies was ______.
Witchcraft: This started with 2 girls who were listening to supernatural stories
Virginia: Where were the Separatists given permission to set up a colony?
Royal: Government controlled by the King
Tension: Tobacco Depression in Virginia. Result:_______
1649: Year that Lord Baltimore issued the Toleration Act
1688: Year of the Glorious Revolution
Proprietary Colony: Colony given to someone by the King
Anglican: The religion of the South
Starving Time: The winter of 1609-1610 was called the ________ ____ because the supplies were shipwrecked in Bermuda. The Indians also stopped trading. The population went from 450...to...60
Mayflower Compact: This document let Pilgrim Leaders establish a law and discipline
Toleration: Roger Williams supported __________.
Indigo: Plant that produces a blue dye
Separatists: People who left the Anglican Church
Protestant, Democratic, Capitalism: Since England began colonizing in the 1600's, America is a ________ country, We are __________, and we have __________.
Virginia Company of Plymouth and Virginia Company of London: What were the two companies English Merchants in Virginia formed?
Tension: Between 1662 and 1674 in Virginia, there were no new elections of the House of Burgesses. Result:______.
Same Rights as Englishmen: In 1606, the Virginia Company's charter was granted. It guaranteed that the colonists would have the...
English Reformation: Examples of this English Force for Migration include Henry VIII's Excommunication, and the Act of Supremacy
Commonwealth: Charles is tried and beheaded, and England became a republic (What's the name of this?)
Raising Sheep becomes More Profitable: English Event that Led to the Increase in Sheep Production
Protestant: Most people in the Middle Colonies were __________.
Nathaniel Bacon: Man who led a raid against the Indians
Families, Unfair Labor, and Slaves: Solutions to the labor shortage
Africans: On the final leg of the triangular trade route, the ships carried ________ to the planters in the West Indies.
Textiles: The major industry of England
Ignored: In the southern colonies, when trade laws became a bother, they were _______.
1552-1616: Years of Richard Hakluyt
Appalachian Mountains: In the 1600's, the frontier of the Middle Colonies was the eastern foothills of these mountains
Tobacco: In 1610-1619, there was a new governor who arrived in Jamestown with the supplies. A very strict discipline was applied, and Emphasis was placed Agriculture and commercial development. _______ was developed as a cash crop.
New: In what world (Old or New) was this social structure? Gentry, Middle Class, Lower Class
Jack of all Trades: What the men of families were called during the labor shortage
Export: In the 1600's, people farmed for food. In the 1700's, people farmed for ______.
Mercantilism: Theory that a state's power depends on its wealth
Blacks: In 1619, the first ______ arrived in Jamestown.
English Bride Ship: Ship that sailed into Jamestown in 1620
Slavery: By 1670, _______ was on the statue books of Virginia
Sabbath: A High point of a week
James Oglethorpe: Founded a colony for people who had landed in debtor's prison
The King: Man who wanted Georgia to be a buffer between South Carolina and Florida
12-14: Age of a woman being married in America
New Netherland: Charles II realized that only the colony of ___ __________ kept England from controlling the entire Atlantic coast
Naval: When the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588, that event marked the start of the decline of Spanish Power and the Rise of English _____ Power.
Newton: Made the laws of gravity
Sir Walter Raleigh: In 1584, this man got a charter to colonize Virginia. He sent an expedition of 107 people to roanoke. When Sir Francis Drake stopped by, everyone went home with him.
Samoset: Indian who asked the Puritans if they had any beer
New England: The triangular trade system of this colony: Boston rum->African Slaves->Jamaican Sugar
America: Hakluyt collected and reproduced stories of _______.
Virginia: Separatists didn't enjoy Holland, they decided to go to ________.
Family: This was important in New England, many were close and devoted to each other
Toleration: Puritans didn't believe in religious __________ for others
Shipbuilding: Forest Resources helped New England become a center of ____________.
Maryland: Lord Baltimore received a charter for the colony of _______.
Slave Codes: Laws that denied Enslaved Africans most of their rights
1558: Year that the English raided Spanish ships
Indian: In 1622, a major ______ attack occurred, and it marked the start of the idea that the only good ______ is a dead ______. (All of the blanks are the same word)
Pilgrims: English settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas
Southern: With so many workers, ________ plantations tended to be self-sufficient.
Roger Williams: Man who believed in separation of church ands state, which became a basic principle of the American government
1691: Year that the Pilgrims (Plymouth) and the Massachusetts Bay Colony Merged
Religious Freedom: William Penn set up his government based on ________ ______.
Social Mobility: Unlike England, Virginia had ______ ________.
Economic: (What kind of motive to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony?) Depression
Henry Tudor: Won the War of the Roses
Massachusetts Bay Company: Company started by the Puritans in America
Persecution: The Puritans weren't against ___________
Maine: In 1677, Massachusetts bought _____.
Native Americans: At first, the Jamestown colony depended on the ______ _________ for food and water
Variety: The people in the Middle Colonies were more _______ in background than those in New England.
America: Reasons to Go to _______: (Hakluyt made this) Bring Reformed Christianity to America, Challenge Spanish Domination, Strengthen nation through Mercantilism, Get rid of Problems (Unemployed people, Convicts, and Dissenters), and to use as a base camp to look for the Northwest Passage. The most important individual reason was LAND!!!
Sir Humphrey Gilbert: In 1578, This man got a charter from Elizabeth I to plant a colony. He sailed to America to scout the land.
Indentured Servants: People who agreed to work a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America
Thrift, Industry, and Practical Ingenuity: Characteristics in the labor shortage
Massachusetts Bay Colony: John Winthrop called this colony "A City upon a Hill"
Squanto: Native American who taught the Pilgrims how to hunt, plant, and fish
Tidewater: Area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the Ocean Tides

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