U.S. History 1
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- Chesapeake
- Virginia colony, farmers
- Hivings Out
- Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson; occurred when people began to question mission of Mass Bay colony; led to establishment of Rhode Island
- Old Deluder Act (Satan)
- each town fo 50 or more households were to appoint one father whom all children could come for instruction; towns with 100 or more households were to keep a grammar school and a teacher who would prepare students for University work
- Virginia Dare
- granddaughter of John White. First white child born in North America.
- Leisler's Rebellion
- Jacob Leisler; commander of malitia
- Separatists
- thought Church of England could not be purified
- John Winthrop
- Governor of Mass Bay; brought 20,000 Puritans to Mass Bay
- Femme Covert
- a married woman who had no legal rights to personally buy or sell property, make contracts, or sue or be sued
- Restoration Colonies
- King Charles paid back supporters(restorers) with land in America. Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
- Fundamental Orders of CT
- Eliminated full membership in the church to work in the government (1643)
- Jamestown
- founded by Virginia Company in 1607; tobacco helped Virginia succeed
- " A City Upon A Hill"
- commercial success
- 18th century
- population rate grows greater than britian
- girdling
- americans used this process to clear land of trees in preparation for planting
- Steven Van Renssellear
- patroon; owned 10,000 acres; acquired CT in 1660s
- William Bradford
- elected governor at Plymouth
- Pequot War
- took place at Mystic Fort; out of 400 Indians only 4 or 5 survived
- Indentured Servants
- went to chesapeake
- King Phillip's War
- attacked all frontiers; well armored; burnt down 1200 houses; killed 600 settlers
- Puritans
- wanted to purify church. did not want anything to remind them of a Catholic Church. Believed everyone was equal
- Starving Time
- 1609-1610; most settlers died during this winter. Reports of cannibalism to stay alive.
- Powhatan
- Chief of Powhatan Indians; father of Pocahontas
- Peter Stuyvesant
- governor of ny; him and his followers surrender to England but were still allowed to live in NY
- Great Migration
- 1629-1642; Purtians who came to Mass Bay
- seasoning
- getting used to the weather
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
- John Elliott
- Bacon's Rebellion
- white vs. Indian; attacked innocent Indians; led to the burning down of Jamestown
- Spectral evidence
- evidence that ressembled accussed victim
- John Rolfe
- made best tobacco with Pocahontas; Chesapeake tobacco boom
- Pilgrims
- first Protestant group to emigrate
- Paris, Putnam, Porter Families
- members of the church that saw witches but were not trialed
- Edmond Andros
- governor of dominion of new england, made relations with Indians, lost his power and tried to escape the colony by dressing like a woman; he was caught
- Richard Hakluyt
- wrote Principal Navigation
- Puritanism's covenant and stages
- Work, Redemption, Grace. 1 Election(chosen by God);2. Vocation(God offering grace);3. Justification(law so redeemed); 4. Santification(new state of doctrine); 5. Glorification( came at death)
- Half-way Covenant
- children of all baptized members could be baptized even if their parents were not saints
- Council for New England
- Formerly Plymiuth Company; Puritans came to the new world; sold land grants to Maine and New Hampshire, provided land grants for Massachusetts Bay
- Inner Light
- spirit that dwelled within an individual that was saved and directed their life
- The West England Merchants
- established Plymouth Company; granted to settle from Virginia to Maine.
- Metacomet
- aka King Phillip; hated white settlers; killed by Praying Indians
- Plymouth
- settled by Pilgrims(separatists) as a religious colony
- John Smith
- arrived in Jamestown in 1608; instituted a no work no eat policy, which snapped group into shape
- " A Little Common Wealth"
- John Demos; divorce was allowed only if severely wronged
- Vestrymen
- government of parish (Angelican Church)
- "Singeing The King's Beard"
- Poking fun at Sir Francis Drake
- Salem Witch trials
- 1692; became widespread and violent in Salem; believed in witches, wizards, and devils that communicate with them
- Dale's Laws
- establish authority and cleanliness. 7 laws. 1. Men were to respect Sabbath and worship regurlary; 2. King was not to be slandered; 3. Company's laws were to be obeyed w/o question; 4. No trade with Indians w/o approval of Virginia Company; 5. Washwater was not to be thrown out near colony's source of water; 6. Litrines were to be built and used no less than a quarter mile away from fort; 7. Men were to keep their households clean. Laws were incorportated with punishment.
- Putting Out
- children sent to live with other families
- Anne Hutchinson
- threat to John Winthrop; held town meetings in her home; accused of heiracy
- " Looking Out For Number One"
- Looking out for their individual self
- Patroon/patroonship
- wealthy landowners
- mercantilism
- to enhance power of the mother country by adding money to the treasury
- Pocahontas
- married John Rolfe
- The Duke's Laws
- called for a governor; justice of the peace; religious toleration; tril by jury;
- The Londoners
- established Virginia Company ( London Company); granted to settle from North Carolina to New York. Named present day Jamestown in 1607
- Oyer & Terminer
- Court of Oyer( to hear) Court of Terminer( to determine)
- Sea Dogs
- traded in gold, silver, ivory, and slaves
- Berkeley and Carteret
- given NJ by King James; Berkeley sold his to Quakers; Penn took over; splits into east and west Jersey
- New Netherlands
- New York, started with 30 people in Albany, big on fur trade
- Saints
- person who had the religious experience of a conversion relation( how they have come to know God; testimony)
- Massachusetts Bay
- 1629-400 Puritans arrive at Salem; odd combo of religion and merchant/commercial. Religious, social, and economic
- Conversion Relation
- How they have come to know God
- Tituba
- told the girls about witches; slave
- The Principal Navigation
- Hakluyt's writing
- Town Meeting
- beginning of democratic government
- Act for religious Toleration
- passed in 1649; first act calling for religious toleration in MD
- Dominion of New England
- administrative unit; consolidates Mass, NH, CT, and RI into one single unit
- James Oglethorpe
- insisted on no slavery, no rum, will trade with indians
- Lord Baltimore
- wanted catholic refuge; set up manner system (plantation) shared crops; awarded 60 manners in 40 years; stayed in England not MD
- The Greater Englanders
- Promote business and expansion. They wanted colonization. They felt if they colonized they will expand English all over the world. Wanted to make money on whatever they could.
- Mayflower Compact
- compact that was signed by all men to establish a civil government
- Roanoke Island
- Present Day Roanoke
- Femme Sole
- never married or widowed
- Quakers
- tremble; society of friends
- William Penn
- given Pennsylvania; converted to a Quaker with 2 goals: holy experiment based on Quaker religiion 2. wanted to make money for his trouble
- Roger Williams
- Bannished from Mass Bay; established Rhode Island
- Middle Colonies
- NY, NJ, PA, Delaware
- Praying Towns
- Mass Tribe Indians willing to try Christianity; established by the society of propagation of the gospel in new england