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APUSH Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus Expedition |
| 1607 | Jamestown Founded |
| 1619 | House of Burgesses, 90 Maidens, 1st 20 Slaves to Virginia |
| 1620 | Mayflower Compact |
| 1630 | Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded |
| 1630 - 1642 | Great Migration of Puritans |
| 1634 | Maryland Colony Founded |
| 1636 - 1638 | Pequot War |
| 1649 | Act of Toleration Passed in Maryland |
| 1662 | Halfway Covenant Agreement Formed |
| 1675 - 1676 | King Philip’s War |
| 1676 | Bacon’s Rebellion |
| 1680 | Pope’s Rebellion |
| 1681 | Pennsylvania Colony Founded |
| 1730s - 1740s | The 1st Great Awakening |
| 1732 | Georgia Colony Founded |
| 1734 - 1735 | Zenger Trial |
| 1739 | Stono Rebellion |
| John Smith | Jamestown leader, starving time, native relations |
| John Winthrop | Massachusetts Bay Governor, “City on a hill” |
| Roger Williams | Founded Rhode Island, Baptist faith, challenged the legality of the Bay Colony’s Charter |
| William Penn | Founded Pennsylvania to protect Quakers |
| Jonathan Edwards | Ignited Great Awakening, “Sinners in the hands of an angry god” |
| Metacom (King Phillip) | Created an Indian alliance against the English, Chief Wampanoag |
| James Oglethorpe | Military leader who repelled Spanish attacks and founded Georgia |
| George Whitefield | Traveled along the country-side preaching, believed ordinary ppl could be saved |
| John Rolfe | Leads Jamestown to economic success with tobacco, married Pocahontas |
| Thomas Hooker | Founded Connecticut Colony, believed in separation of Church/State |
| William Bradford | Pilgrim leader, governor of Plymouth Colony 30X |
| John Peter Zenger | NY Printer charged with libel cuz he criticized a corrupt governor |
| Anne Hutchinson | Spoke out against the teachings of Puritan Church, believed in Antinomianism (faith alone = salvation) |
| Mary Dyer | Puritan turned Quaker, hanged for religious freedom and beliefs |
| Richard Hakluyt | Founded the idea of mercantilism |