Sourhern and New England Colonies Vocab Flashcards
the first colony in the U.S.; set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia.
Jamestown
controls the colony of Jamestown and built a fort in 1608.
John Smith
the daughter of the Powhatan leader who then married John Rolfe in 1614.
Pocahontas
servants who signed a contract to work for four to seven years for those who paid for their journey to America.
Indentured servants
A group of indentured servants, led by Nathaniel Bacon, attacked a group of friendly Native Americans. When the governor tried to stop him, Bacon attacked and burned down Jamestown. At one point, Bacon controlled much of the colony. He died of a fever, however, and the rebellion soon ended.
Bacon’s Rebellion
this bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.
Toleration Act of 1649
a former slave who recorded his experiences, “Tortures, murder, and every other imaginable barbarity . . . are practiced upon the poor slaves with impunity [no punishment]. I hope the slave-trade will be abolished.”
Olaudah Equiano
laws to control slaves
Slave codes
a Protestant group who wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church
Puritans
a Separatist group that left England in the early 1600s to escape persecution
Pilgrims
people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
Immigrants
a legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
Mayflower Compact
a Patuxet Indian who also went by Squanto. He had at one time lived in Europe and spoke English as well
Tisquantum
a leader of a Puritan group
John Winthrop
a woman who publicly discussed religious ideas that some leaders thought were radical
Anne Hutchinson
