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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Armada | The alliance between Spain and Portugal with a giant military fleet that was defeated by the English |
| The London Company/Joint stock company | Later the Virginia Company, the system that sponsored voyages to the New World and powered the economy |
| Jamestown | The town that the first early colonists settled in - known for being really bad to settle in |
| Starving time | When the people in Jamestown starved due to the lack of things and conflicts with natives |
| Tobacco | The most profitable crop, but it requires a lot of soil to produce |
| Headright System | System that gave every new settler a large plot of land and indentured servants |
| Indentured Servants | Servants that came over from the old world in search of a sort of redemption, a fresh start |
| House of Burgesses | Sort of election system, two representatives |
| Slave arrival | Slaves came from Africa once their usefulness was found by the people |
| Powhatan | Chief of a native tribe that was suppressed by Sir Thomas Dale, kidnapped Pocohontas, and fought with each other for a long time |
| Bacon's rebellion | A rebellion started by Nathaniel Bacon against Berkeley for pushing into Native territory and turning the government into an aristocracy |
| William Bradford | Pilgrim Leader, signer of the Mayflower Compact, and governor chosen for the first area of the Plymouth Plantation |
| Mayflower Compact | Document written by the pilgrims that calls for a civil body politic - a government separate from the King of England. |
| Squanto | Helpful native that showed the pilgrims how to do things - then was kidnapped and sent to England, learned English, and eventually returned |
| theocracy | A government that is led by religion - church and state are not separated. |
| Roger Williams | Separatist creator of Rhode Island - exiled, came back, and set up Rhode Island as a place for religious tolerance. Wants to keep church and state separate. |
| Anne Hutchinson | A woman of power who challenged the clergy "elects" who gained a following of women, banished |
| Pequot War | Conflict between the Pequot Indians and English, English sets Pequot building on fire, Pequot nearly wiped out |
| King Philip's war | Conflict between Wampanoags/ followers of Metacoment and English, but this time they get to use guns |
| English Civil War (with monarchs) | Charles I, son of James, dissolving parliament and causing many to dislike him, eventually killed Charles and put Oliver Crom well in place for some reason |
| Proprietary colony | A colony led/owned by one of the proprietors - not directly connected to the King but rather the proprietor |
| Royal colony | A colony that made its money for the king |
| Society of friends | Group of Quakerss |
| Sugar cane | Labor-intensive crop that required slave labor to harvest |
| Slave revolts | Slave-led rebellions against their planter owners |
| Middle Passage | Arduous oversea journey for slaves, most died because of terrible ship conditions |
| Slave codes | |
| Navigation Acts | Acts that were designed to regulate colonial commerece strictly. 1660 closed all colonies to trade except for English ships, 1663 omade all European goods pass through England for taxes, 1673 stopped scammers by initiating things that enforced these laws |
| Dominion of New England | |
| Triangular Trade | |
| Witch Hunt | |
| Enlightenment | |
| Great Awakening | |
| John Peter Zenger | |
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