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1676- 1763
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bacon's Rebellion | 1676, Nathaniel Bacon lead Virginia to an uprising. Tensions over land, class inequality, colonial leadership. Less indentured servants and more African slaves, racial laws |
| Thomas Hellier | Arrived to Virginia in 1677. Literate, owned land, married/divorced. Triple homicide in England |
| William Penn | Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1681. Religious freedom |
| Great Awakening | Lasted 1630s/70s, religious revival in the colonies. Lots of colonists moved from CoE to Baptist/Methodist, etc |
| Stono Rebellion | 1739, slave uprising in SC. Marching slaves killed white people and gathered more followers. Lead to harsher slave code, more brutality and restrictions |
| Priscilla | Born in 1745 in West Africa, captured and sent to SC. Bought and renamed, lived in the same plant for life, married and had 10 kids |
| French & Indian War | 1750s/60s, France and Native allies fight British and Native allies. France loses and is kicked out of NA, their allies lose land. American soldiers help British but aren’t given the same opportunities (second class soldiers) |
| Pontiac's War | 1763/66, French had good relations with Natives but are gone now. Pontiac allied with other tribes to fight for control of land. They take forts, smallpox outbreak, lose forts. Proc of 1763 to help relations |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Draws a line along the Appalachian mountains that settlers can’t cross, west of line is Native land. King wants peace because he’s in hella debt, Americans are extremely unhappy |
| Headright System | landowners would sponsor immigrants for about 15 acres per immigrant |