Chapter 1-5 US History
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- Anglican Church
- AKA Church of England.
- William Bradford
- Led the pilgrims on the Mayflower
- George Calvert
- Also known as Lord Baltimore. Established Maryland. "Act Concerning Religion."
- Duke of York
- James II. Made King in 1685 Lord High Admiral. British drove Dutch out of NY
- The Great Migration
- Migration of Protestants to New England area seeking religious freedom
- Thomas Hooker
- Founder of CT. He was driven out of Massachusetts
- Jamestown
- Founded in 1607. 3 ships, 144 men, all rich gentlemen from England. Led by Thomas Smith. Settlers did no prepare well enough during harvest time. Capt. John Smith was sent in order to be in charge. He was an English mercenary.
- James Oglethorpe
- Founder of Georgia. Georgia served as a buffer between Spanish and French. English prisoners from debtors prison came here.
- William Penn
- Made sole proprietor of Pennsylvania. Quaker colony.
- Proprietary colony
- King of England approved colony - he would send someone or a group to govern a colony.
- John Smith
- Jamestown was given to him. He sort of helped it get back onto its feet. He was an english soldier
- Starving Time
- Winter in 1609-1610. Not enough food to go around. Some settlers were desperate enough to resort to cannabalism
- Roger Williams
- Founded the providence of Rhode Island - he bought it from some Native Americans after he was kicked out of Massachussetts. He preached extreme seperatism
- John Winthrop
- governer of Massachussetts Bay. Serious Puritan
- Samuel de Champlain
- Founded Quebec for France
- Christopher Columbus
- Italian. Sailed for Spain. Convinced Isabella and Ferdinand to financially back him to get to the New World which he thought would be China. Underestimated distance of travel by a large scale.
- Hernando Cortes
- Conquered the aztecs. Conquistador.
- Roanoke
- Failed Colony. One of the first English Settlements. Sir Humphrey Bilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh
- Bacon's Rebellion
- Led by Nathaniel Bacon. Armed rebellion in VA against the colony's royal governor - Sir William Berkeley. Burned Jamestown to the ground. Was angry with Berkely because Berkeley was greedy and kept fur trade to himself.
- enumerated goods
- goods not produced in England that colonies could ONLY trade with England. tobacco, sugar, cotton, indigo, dye, wool, ginger
- Circular letter
- Massachussetts House of Representatives drafted this. It was a provocative appeal that was sent to other colonial assemblies requesting suggestions to thwart the Townshend Acts
- Northern Colonies
- Masachussetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
- Middle Colonies
- New York, New Jersey, Penssylvania, Delaware
- Southern Colonies
- Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
- King George III
- Unstable King in 1760s. Contributed to large gap in communication between British and Americans. Power-hungry.
- George Grenville
- Enacted the Sugar Act. thought that the colonists needed to contribute to the British Debt by taxing sugar
- Patrick Henry
- Trumpet of Sedition Speech. No taxation without representation.
- Thomas Paine
- Wrote "Common Sense" urging the colonists to resist tyranny and false systems of government.
- Quebec act
- extended the province's boundaries all the way south to the Ohio River and west to the Mississippi. The act granted French-speaking Roman Catholics religious and political rights and a large voice in local affairs.
- Sons of Liberty
- Group of men or mobsters that rebelled against the new acts the british imposed on them. organized boycotts
- Charles Townshend
- Created American Board of Customs and Commissioners. Taxed imports of papers, glass, paint, and tea for the colonies.
- Jonathan Edwards
- Preached during the Great Awakening
- Great Awakening
- Huge religious revival in America. Charismatic.
- New Lights
- Founded several important centers of higher education. Defenders of emotional preaching
- Old Lights
- Resisted the emotional preaching movement as dangerous nonsense
- George Whitefield
- Young, inspiring preacher from England who toured colonies from GA to NH. Described himself as a Calvinist. Anglican minister.Part of the First Great Awakening
- Triangular trade
- American Exports went to West Indies, then to Caribbean, and returned immediatedly to Middle Colonies