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Puritans ✔✔Group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so that they would have a
location to establish a "purer" church than the one that existed in England.
Separatists ✔✔Religious group that also opposed the Church of England and traveled first to Holland
and then to the Americas.
Samuel de Champlain ✔✔Founder of Quebec, the first (of few) permanent French settlements, who
sought alliances with Native American tribes such as the Huron.
Robert La Salle ✔✔French explorer who explored the Mississippi and claimed Louisiana for France.
Jesuits ✔✔French religious converters who experienced more success with less coercive tactics than the
Spanish.
Franciscans ✔✔Spanish religious converters who experienced limited success due to their coercive
tactics and forced labor.
Henry Hudson ✔✔Dutch explorer who explored the Hudson river and established trading settlements in
Manhattan, with limited success (due to the reluctancy of Dutch settlers and economically stunting
conflicts with Native Americans).
London Company ✔✔Company that was granted a charter to establish Jamestown colony.
Jamestown ✔✔Colony established in 1607 by John Smith. Despite its early failures due to its diseased,
swampy location and poor harvests eventually enjoyed success spurred by the creation of trade
alliances with the Powhatan Confederacy and John Rolfe's development of tobacco as a cash crop.
House of Burgesses ✔✔First representative government in a colony, established in Virginia in 1619.
,Plymouth ✔✔1620-Separatists, led by William Bradford, who enjoyed the benefits of the Mayflower
Compact and a colder climate, later merging with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Mayflower Compact ✔✔Contract held by Plymouth colony which stated that their government would be
accountable to the consent of the governed.
Massachusetts Bay Colony ✔✔1629-Puritans who, under John Winthrop, aspired to become a "city on a
hill" and was ruled by a "General Court" based in community and religious standing.
Rhode Island ✔✔Established by Roger Williams in the belief that Massachusetts was to close to the
Church of England and should adhere to the separation of church and state.
Anne Hutchinson ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Portsmouth (later CT).
Thomas Hooker ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Connecticut.
John Davenport ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Davenport (later CT).
Maryland ✔✔1932-Established by George Calvert as a refuge for English Catholics.
North Carolina ✔✔Proprietary colony which gradually developed a dependency on slavery.
South Carolina ✔✔Proprietary colony which relied upon slavery from its inception.
Proprietary Colony ✔✔Colony granted by the King of England to an individual or group of individuals,
rather than a company.
, Mercantilism ✔✔Economic system practiced by European powers in the late seventeenth century
stating that economic self-sufficiency was crucial and stressed exportation; as a result, colonial empires
were important for raw materials.
Navigation Acts ✔✔1660-Acts passed by the British parliament increasing the dependency of the
colonies on the English for trade by forcing them to export certain crops only to England (instead of
selling them to the Dutch, who paid better prices) and requiring all finished products owned by colonists
to be produced in Great Britain; these acts caused great resentment in the American colonies but were
not strictly enforced.
Triangular Trade System ✔✔Complex trading system that developed in this era between Europe, Africa,
and the colonies; Europeans purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to the colonies, raw materials
from the colonies went to Europe, while European finished products were sold in the colonies.
Middle Passage ✔✔The voyage taken by African slaves on horribly overcrowded ships from Africa to the
Americas. Slavery increased in the Southern colonies as the number of indentured servants waned in
correlation with the increased economic opportunities in Britain and the middle colonies.
Salem Witch Trials ✔✔1692-Trials in Salem, MA, after which 19 people were executed as witches;
historians note the class nature of these trials, which revealed the tensions which had been brewing
between traditional Puritanism and modern reliance on commerce which had gained prevalence in MA.
Salutary Neglect ✔✔Early 18th century British policy relaxing the strict enforcement of trade policies in
American colonies. The colonies gained (some) political independence as most appointed officials were
figureheads chosen for their political connections.
Edmund Randolph ✔✔Chief British customs officer in MA, who resented the continued colonial trade
with non-British merchants in defiance of the Navigation Acts and encouraged the British government to
enforce them more strictly under the Dominion of New England
Dominion of New England ✔✔Act which revoked the charters of all the colonies from New Jersey to
Maine and increased the power of the governor, Edmund Andros.
William Berkley ✔✔Governor of Virginia, who profited from his position and was blamed for a drop in
tobacco prices which incited Bacon's Rebellion, after which he was removed from office.
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Puritans ✔✔Group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so that they would have a
location to establish a "purer" church than the one that existed in England.
Separatists ✔✔Religious group that also opposed the Church of England and traveled first to Holland
and then to the Americas.
Samuel de Champlain ✔✔Founder of Quebec, the first (of few) permanent French settlements, who
sought alliances with Native American tribes such as the Huron.
Robert La Salle ✔✔French explorer who explored the Mississippi and claimed Louisiana for France.
Jesuits ✔✔French religious converters who experienced more success with less coercive tactics than the
Spanish.
Franciscans ✔✔Spanish religious converters who experienced limited success due to their coercive
tactics and forced labor.
Henry Hudson ✔✔Dutch explorer who explored the Hudson river and established trading settlements in
Manhattan, with limited success (due to the reluctancy of Dutch settlers and economically stunting
conflicts with Native Americans).
London Company ✔✔Company that was granted a charter to establish Jamestown colony.
Jamestown ✔✔Colony established in 1607 by John Smith. Despite its early failures due to its diseased,
swampy location and poor harvests eventually enjoyed success spurred by the creation of trade
alliances with the Powhatan Confederacy and John Rolfe's development of tobacco as a cash crop.
House of Burgesses ✔✔First representative government in a colony, established in Virginia in 1619.
,Plymouth ✔✔1620-Separatists, led by William Bradford, who enjoyed the benefits of the Mayflower
Compact and a colder climate, later merging with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Mayflower Compact ✔✔Contract held by Plymouth colony which stated that their government would be
accountable to the consent of the governed.
Massachusetts Bay Colony ✔✔1629-Puritans who, under John Winthrop, aspired to become a "city on a
hill" and was ruled by a "General Court" based in community and religious standing.
Rhode Island ✔✔Established by Roger Williams in the belief that Massachusetts was to close to the
Church of England and should adhere to the separation of church and state.
Anne Hutchinson ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Portsmouth (later CT).
Thomas Hooker ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Connecticut.
John Davenport ✔✔Religious dissenter who established Davenport (later CT).
Maryland ✔✔1932-Established by George Calvert as a refuge for English Catholics.
North Carolina ✔✔Proprietary colony which gradually developed a dependency on slavery.
South Carolina ✔✔Proprietary colony which relied upon slavery from its inception.
Proprietary Colony ✔✔Colony granted by the King of England to an individual or group of individuals,
rather than a company.
, Mercantilism ✔✔Economic system practiced by European powers in the late seventeenth century
stating that economic self-sufficiency was crucial and stressed exportation; as a result, colonial empires
were important for raw materials.
Navigation Acts ✔✔1660-Acts passed by the British parliament increasing the dependency of the
colonies on the English for trade by forcing them to export certain crops only to England (instead of
selling them to the Dutch, who paid better prices) and requiring all finished products owned by colonists
to be produced in Great Britain; these acts caused great resentment in the American colonies but were
not strictly enforced.
Triangular Trade System ✔✔Complex trading system that developed in this era between Europe, Africa,
and the colonies; Europeans purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to the colonies, raw materials
from the colonies went to Europe, while European finished products were sold in the colonies.
Middle Passage ✔✔The voyage taken by African slaves on horribly overcrowded ships from Africa to the
Americas. Slavery increased in the Southern colonies as the number of indentured servants waned in
correlation with the increased economic opportunities in Britain and the middle colonies.
Salem Witch Trials ✔✔1692-Trials in Salem, MA, after which 19 people were executed as witches;
historians note the class nature of these trials, which revealed the tensions which had been brewing
between traditional Puritanism and modern reliance on commerce which had gained prevalence in MA.
Salutary Neglect ✔✔Early 18th century British policy relaxing the strict enforcement of trade policies in
American colonies. The colonies gained (some) political independence as most appointed officials were
figureheads chosen for their political connections.
Edmund Randolph ✔✔Chief British customs officer in MA, who resented the continued colonial trade
with non-British merchants in defiance of the Navigation Acts and encouraged the British government to
enforce them more strictly under the Dominion of New England
Dominion of New England ✔✔Act which revoked the charters of all the colonies from New Jersey to
Maine and increased the power of the governor, Edmund Andros.
William Berkley ✔✔Governor of Virginia, who profited from his position and was blamed for a drop in
tobacco prices which incited Bacon's Rebellion, after which he was removed from office.
