1 | virginia Company | | _____ | Where the Pilgrims settled (Massachusetts today) and one of the leaders in the Plymouth colony was this person |
2 | Jamestown | | _____ | A person who works for a colonist for a specified number of years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, and shelter |
3 | John Smith | | _____ | charter to establish colonies in virginia- the company sent three small ships- the susan constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery and 144 men to virginia |
4 | Chief Powhatan | | _____ | Believe that everyone had their own "inner light" from God- no need for church or ministers- objected to all political and religious authority including forcing people to pay taxes or serve in the Military- advocated pacifisms- opposition to war or violence as a means to settle desputes |
5 | Lorde de la Warr | | _____ | Settlers were granted land (50 acres) in exchange for settling in Virginia and for each servant they brought to work- work in tobacco |
6 | John Rolfe | | _____ | Virginia company appointed him the new governor with absolute authority- during "starving time" came with supplies and convinced many of the people to stay in Jamestown |
7 | Pocahontas | | _____ | Was the fist written constitution of the American colonies- it allowed adult men to vote, not just church members |
8 | House of Burgesses | | _____ | The dutch settled here but by 1664 king Charles granted all the land from Delaware Bay to Connecticut River to his brother James, the Duke of York- the king and James York seized the land from the Dutch, then named it after himself |
9 | Head right System | | _____ | James Duke of York also granted a large portion of his land to two of the king's advisors, die George Carteret and lord John Berkley- James named the new colony in honor of sir George Cartert |
10 | Indentured Servant | | _____ | Colony named after either king Charles' wife after the virgin mary- wanted a colony where Catholics could practice their religion- it became the first English Proprietary colony |
11 | Royal Colony | | _____ | In 1613, he asked the General court of Massachusetts for permission to move his entire Congregation to this river- he thought that everyone should vote, not just church members |
12 | Proprietary colony | | _____ | 1649, granted religious toleration to all Christians in Maryland and was intended to protect Catholic minority from the protestants |
13 | Maryland/Lorde Baltimore | | _____ | A wealthy man who, along with other Puritans, left for America in 1630 for religious freedom- he was a wealthy puritan and a stock holder in the massachusetts bay company |
14 | Pilgrims/Separatists | | _____ | Puritan who held prayer meetings in her home- she also began claiming that some puritan ministers didn't have salvation's- she was charged with Heresy and banished from the Massachusetts Colony |
15 | Mayflower | | _____ | These two were separated from Massachusetts and remained part of Massachusetts until 1820 |
16 | Mayflower Compact | | _____ | 1680 William Penn asked king Charles for his own colony across the Delaware river from New Jersey- King agreed and insisted the colony be named after his father |
17 | Plymouth colony/William Bradford | | _____ | A colony owned by an individual |
18 | John Winthrop | | _____ | was chief of the tribe that lived near Jamestown- Smith traded with the local native Americans |
19 | City on a hill/Massachusetts bay colony | | _____ | Married John Rolfe and was the daughter of chief powhatan |
20 | Heretics | | _____ | Winthrop delivered a speech while heading to America- their colony was named this |
21 | Roger williams/ Rhode Island | | _____ | A group of puritans broke away from the Anglican church to from their own congregations- looked for religious freedom in America by sailing to America in 1620 |
22 | Anne Hutchinson | | _____ | During rough times, he emerged as Jamestown's only strong leader- "He who shall not work, shall not eat." |
23 | Connecticut/ Thomas Hooker | | _____ | 1609, the Dutch East India Company hired him to find a route to North America to the Pacific |
24 | Fundamental orders of Connecticut | | _____ | Experimented with tobacco in the Jamestown colony by using seeds from Trinidad- he eventually shipped 2,600 pounds to England- Jamestown was founded on tobacco! |
25 | New Hampshire/ Maine | | _____ | The wampahoag leader and the wampahog warriors attacked the colonists marking the beginning of King Philips War |
26 | King Philips War | | _____ | Set up the first representative democracy in the new world- gave the colonies the right to elect its own assembly and propose laws- first legislative body |
27 | Metacomet | | _____ | Located in today's Virginia- where the virginia company landed in 1607 and named the colony after their king, james of England |
28 | Maryland Toleration Act | | _____ | After English Civil War, England's parliamentary court tried King Charles I of treason and executed him- Oliver Cormwell, commander of the parliament's army decided to dissolve parliament and seize power. When Cromwell died in 1658, England's leader decided to restore a monarchy and by 1660, parliament had Charles II to take the throne- son of King Charles I |
29 | Restoration | | _____ | The boat in which 120 pilgrims and other Separatists set sail to America in 1620 |
30 | New Nertherland/ New York | | _____ | A colony governed directly by the British crown (King) through a governor and council appointed by it |
31 | Henry Hudson | | _____ | Was the founder of this colony- as a strict separatist, he believed puritans corrupted themselves by remaining as part of the Anglican church- this colony became known as the colony with total separation of church, state, and religious freedom |
32 | New Jersey | | _____ | People whose religious beliefs differ from those accepted by the majority- were considered a threat to the community- and charged with this |
33 | Pennsylvania/ William Penn | | _____ | From 1675-1677, was the first large-scale Military action in the American colonies, Indian tribes against New England colonists and their Indian allies- thousands died including woman and children- the war was a turning point which settlers won 1678 and now New England belonged to the English settlers |
34 | Quakers | | _____ | Drafted on the Mayflower in 1620 and was the first self-governed plan ever put into effect in English colonies- the compact created a direct democracy where people take part first hand in their government |