Ch 2 IDs Flashcards
1
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Jamestown
Who
A
London Company
2
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Jamestown
What
A
British colony
3
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Jamestown
When
A
1607
4
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Jamestown
Where
A
James River
5
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Jamestown
Why
A
First permanent English settlement in America
6
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John Smith
Who
A
Leader of the Jamestown settlers
7
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John Smith
What
A
Imposed order and discipline in colonies
8
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John Smith
When
A
1608
9
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John Smith
Where
A
Jamestown
10
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John Smith
Why
A
Colony began to how promise of survival
11
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Virginia Company
Who
A
Formerly known as the London Company
12
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Virginia Company
What
A
Financed the settlement of Jamestown
13
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Virginia Company
When
A
1607
14
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Virginia Company
Where
A
New World
15
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Virginia Company
Why
A
First permanent English settlement
Enacted measures to populate Jamestown
16
Q
The Starving Time
Who
A
Colonists
Indians
17
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The Starving Time
What
A
Indians killed livestock in woods and barricaded colonists in their palisade
18
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The Starving Time
When
A
Winter of 1609-1610
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The Starving Time
Where
A
Jamestown
20
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The Starving Time
Why
A
Colonists almost abandoned Jamestown
21
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Tobacco
Who
A
John Rolfe
22
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Tobacco
What
A
Cash crop
23
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Tobacco
When
A
1612
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Tobacco
Where
A
Virginia
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Tobacco
| Why
Encouraged tobacco economy which created pressure for territorial expansion
Exhausted soil
Increased labor demands
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Headright System
| Who
Virginia Company
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Headright System
| What
50 acre land grants
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Headright System
| When
1618
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Headright System
| Where
New World
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Headright System
| Why
Encouraged family and indentured servant migration
31
Powhatan Indians
| Who
Native Virginian Indians
32
Powhatan Indians
| What
Suppressed by the English
| Attacked the English
33
Powhatan Indians
| When
1600s
34
Powhatan Indians
| Where
Virginia
35
Powhatan Indians
| Why
Early contact with the settlers
Illustrated pattern of European suppression of natives
36
Pocahontas
| Who
Daughter of Powhatan cheif
37
Pocahontas
| What
Kidnapped by English and later married John Rolfe
38
Pocahontas
| When
1614
39
Pocahontas
| Where
Virginia
| England
40
Pocahontas
| Why
Stirred European interest in projects to civilize the Indians
41
Royal Colony
| Who
William and Mary
42
Royal Colony
| What
Colony that was under the jurisdiction of a royal crown
43
Royal Colony
| When
After 1624
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Royal Colony
| Where
Virginia
45
Royal Colony
| Why
Change to royal involvement
Set the stage for the Revolutionary War
46
Proprietary Colony
| Who
Lord Baltimore
47
Proprietary Colony
| What
Colony granted to an individual or a group that have full rights of self government
48
Proprietary Colony
| When
1632
49
Proprietary Colony
| Where
Maryland
50
Proprietary Colony
| Why
Colonists gained control of their own government
51
Indentured servants
| Who
Young men and women
52
Indentured servants
| What
Bound themselves to master for a fixed time of servitude
53
Indentured servants
| When
1600s
54
Indentured servants
| Where
New World
55
Indentured servants
| Why
Provided much needed labor
Led to a large floating population which fostered social unrest such as that seen in Bacon's Rebellion
56
Charter Colony
| Who
Investors
57
Charter Colony
| What
Colonies funded by investors as opposed to the crown
58
Charter Colony
| When
1600s
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Charter Colony
| Where
New World
60
Charter Colony
| Why
Not under direct rule of the king
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Lord Baltimore
| Who
Recent convert to Catholicism
62
Lord Baltimore
| What
Granted proprietary rule over Maryland
63
Lord Baltimore
| When
1632
64
Lord Baltimore
| Where
Maryland
65
Lord Baltimore
| Why
Gained large amount of power from the crown
Refuge for English Catholics
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Act of Toleration
| Who
Calverts
67
Act of Toleration
| What
A policy of religious toleration
68
Act of Toleration
| When
1649
69
Act of Toleration
| Where
Maryland
70
Act of Toleration
| Why
Granted religious freedom to all Christians
Increased migration
Tensions remained
71
Sir William Berkley
| Who
Governor of Virginia
72
Sir William Berkley
| What
Prohibited English settlement west of a line he negotiated with the natives
73
Sir William Berkley
| When
1642 (became governor)
74
Sir William Berkley
| Where
Virginia
75
Sir William Berkley
| Why
Increased the existing schism between the land hungry western "backcountry gentry" and the eastern aristocracy
Set the stage for Bacon's Rebellion
76
Bacon's Rebellion
| Who
Nathaniel Bacon (indentured servant)
77
Bacon's Rebellion
| What
Defied Berkley and struck out against the Indians
78
Bacon's Rebellion
| When
1676
79
Bacon's Rebellion
| Where
Virginia
80
Bacon's Rebellion
| Why
Initiated transition from indentured servitude to slavery
Largest and most powerful insurrection against establish authorithy in colonies
Opened additional land to white settlement
81
Plymouth Plantation
| Who
Separatists
82
Plymouth Plantation
| What
Settlement of pilgrims
83
Plymouth Plantation
| When
1608
84
Plymouth Plantation
| Where
New England
85
Plymouth Plantation
| Why
First enduring settlement in New England
Profound changes to landscape
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Mayflower Compact
| Who
Piligrims
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Mayflower Compact
| What
Document that established a civil government
88
Mayflower Compact
| When
1620
89
Mayflower Compact
| Where
Plymouth
90
Mayflower Compact
| Why
First governing document of Plymouth
Foundations for the Constitution
91
William Bradford
| Who
Governor of Plymouth
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William Bradford
| What
Signed Mayflower Compact
Ended communal labor
Paid off debt
93
William Bradford
| When
1621
94
William Bradford
| Where
Plymouth
95
William Bradford
| Why
Established what because a successful colony
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John Winthrop
(Who)
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Governor of Massachusetts Bay
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John Winthrop
(What)
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Helped organize migraiton of English Puritans to MA
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John Winthrop
(When)
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1630
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John Winthrop
(Where)
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Massachusetts
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John Winthrop
(Why)
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Helped orchestrate the largest migraiton of the time period
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
| Who
Massachusetts Bay Company
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
| What
English settlement
103
Massachusetts Bay Colony
| When
1630
104
Massachusetts Bay Colony
| Where
Massachusetts
105
Massachusetts Bay Colony
| Why
Unlike pilgrims, had no intention of breaking with the Anglican Church and instead established a Congressional Church and a near theocratic society
106
William Penn
| Who
Evangelist of Quakerism
107
William Penn
| What
Founded Pennsylvania
108
William Penn
| When
1681
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William Penn
| Where
Pennsylvania
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William Penn
| Why
Transformed Pennsylvania into one of the best known and most cosmopolitan of colonies which served as a model
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Navigation Acts
| Who
Parliament
112
Navigation Acts
| What
Laws to regulate colonial commerce more strictly
113
Navigation Acts
| When
1651 (aimed at Dutch)
| 1660 (others)
114
Navigation Acts
| Where
English colonies
115
Navigation Acts
| Why
By restricting all trade to British ships, the laws encouraged the colonists to create an important shipbuilding industry of their own
116
Dominion of New England
| Who
James II
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Dominion of New England
| What
Administrative union of English colonies in New England
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Dominion of New England
| When
1686
119
Dominion of New England
| Where
New England
120
Dominion of New England
| Why
Increased resentment among colonists
121
Sir Edmund Andros
| Who
Single governor of the Dominion of New England
122
Sir Edmund Andros
| What
Rigidly enforced the Navigation Acts and dismissed the colonists' claims to the "rights of Englishmen"
123
Sir Edmund Andros
| When
1686 (became governor)
124
Sir Edmund Andros
| Where
New England
125
Sir Edmund Andros
| Why
Increased resentment among colonists
126
Glorious Revolution
| Who
James II
| William and Mary
127
Glorious Revolution
| What
Bloodless coup
128
Glorious Revolution
| When
1688
129
Glorious Revolution
| Where
England
130
Glorious Revolution
| Why
William and Mary became joint soveigns who later
| - replaced church membership with property ownership as the basis for voting
131
Leisler's Revolution
| Who
Leader of New York dissidents
132
Leisler's Revolution
| What
Raised a militia, captured New York fort
133
Leisler's Revolution
| When
1689
134
Leisler's Revolution
| Where
New York
135
Leisler's Revolution
| Why
Fierce rivalry between what became know as the Leislerians" and the "anti-Leislerians" dominated the politcas of New York for many years thereafter
136
House of Burgesses
| Who
Jamestown delegates
137
House of Burgesses
| What
Representative assembly
138
House of Burgesses
| When
1619
139
House of Burgesses
| Where
Jamestown
140
Congregational Church
| What
Parish organization which governed
141
Congregational Church
| Where
Massachussets
142
Connecticut
| Who
Newcomers who didn’t want to conform to religious practices
143
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
| What
Constitution of Connecticut
144
Rhode Island
Only place with true religious freedon
145
New Hampshire and Maine
| What
Place where Hutchinson's followers migrated out of Massachusetts Bay
146
Pequot War
| Where
Connecticut Valley
147
Pequot War
| What
Hostilities over competition of trade with Dutch and friction over land
148
King Philip's War
| Who
Wampagonoas
149
King Philip's War
| Where
Massachussets
150
King Philip's War
| Why
Weaked society of MA
