Chapter 2-Transplantations and Borderlands Flashcards
“starving time”
Winter 1609-1610 many people died and were very sick. Fevers, deaths, etc. John Smith helped save colony from starvation
Virginia Company
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Lord De La Warr
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A Counterblaste to Tobacco
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John Rolfe
Introduced the idea of Tobacco.
Hated by King James I
Tobacco made money for colonists, exhausted land, let to expansion
headright system
50 acres of land
every new settler was given 50 acres of land. If someone paid the passage of an immigrant, the buyer would receive 50 acres (encouraged indentured servants)
House of Burgesses
elected representatives in VA
Powhatan Uprisings
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“Act Concerning Religion”
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Sir William Berkeley
governor that caused conflict in Bacon’s rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion
Gov. Berkeley did not allow settlement past a line
In the west many farmers were underrepresented/not being protected from natives
Conflict between Natives and “westerners” like Bacon
movement towards slaves for labor-showed that indentured servants had to get freedom so they moved toward slavery as a result
Separatists (Pilgrims)
wanted to break away from Anglican Church
Mayflower Compact
established government led by majority rule
William Bradford
Governor of Plymoth
John Winthrop
1629-led by John Winthrop, they received a charter and eventually settled in Massachusetts Bay
Congressional Church
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Connecticut
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Roger Williams
Extreme Separatist, wanted
Massachusetts Bay Coloney to completely break away from the Church
Also advocated seperation of
Church and State and payment to Natives for land
Banished to Rhode Island
All religions could worship
Anne Hutchinson
Challenged the power of clergy and rights of women
Banished to Rhode Island and women’s rights were restricted further
Pequot War
conflict over land and trade, Pequots were decimated
King Philip’s War
Started over land, lasted for several years
eventually whites won
Restoration colonies
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Carolina colonies
Similar to MD, headright system, religious toleration to all chirisans
New Netherland/New York
Originally belonged to the Dutch, various groups, some religious toleration and local governments