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Sir Walter Raleigh

Sponsor of Roanoke, NC colony

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Lost Colony of Roanoke

1585 - Britain's first attempt at the New World, total failure, colonizers "vanished" when Raleigh came back, most likely absorbed into native culture

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Joint Stock Companies

A company that each shareholder partly owns, sees colony as investment

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Jamestown

First settlement, barely survives, rich fancy dudes don't want to work

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Powhatan's Contribution

Taught settlers how to find food in Jamestown

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John Smith's Contribution

Taught military discipline, kept rich fancy men from slacking on the colony

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John Rolfe

Taught how to properly grow tobacco

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Importance of Tobacco

Trade and profit, Headright System, Indentured Servants

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Pilgrims

Plymouth, Massachusetts - Radical Puritans, separatists, looking for religious freedom

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Mayflower Compact

Plan before colonization, get to new colony, have self government based on majority rule

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Puritans

Protestant branch, believes in reform that simplifies religion

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John Winthrop

Non-separatist Puritan

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City Upon a Hill

Famous sermon, celebration of prosperity, renew optimism and believe in themselves, although small in land mass, significant city presence

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Praying Towns

Puritan idea, bring Natives in, convert to Puritan church, wanted to be more "civilized, European ideals

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William Bradford

Radical Puritan, seperatist, looking for religious freedoms for puritans

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Harvard University

Massachusetts Bay, a Puritan idea, valued public education

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Covenant Chain

Ongoing set of councils and treaties between English and Iroquois confederacy, covered matters of trade, settlement, and resolution of violence

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James Oglethorpe

Georgia proprietor, established Georgia as buffer between Spanish Florida and successful plantations in SC

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Roger Williams

Puritan preacher in Massachusetts Bay, separation of church and state, challenges traditional leaders, banished, created Rhode Island for ultimate tolerance

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Anne Hutchinson

Feisty/mouthy, believes can look within for salvation, no need for male clergy

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Antinomians

People who push against norms in society (Anne Hutchinson)

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Town Meeting

Mass Bay, direct democracy, men must be good standing with Puritan church

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Pequot War

More settlers show up to bay of Connecticut, Natives become angry with land being taken and forced conversion, hundreds participate in war, fully eliminates tribe

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Metacom's War/King Philip's War

Plymouth, British encroaching on Native land, thousands (more death and destruction), Wampanoag + Algonquin vs. British + Mohawk, capture Metacom, head on stake

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Headright System

Given 50 acres for each voyage paid for to Virginia to farm

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Indentured Servants

If came on other's money to virginia, may have to work until on their feet, work for period of time, in turn provided with basic needs

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Bacon's Rebellion

Indentured servants are ending contracts, servants now look for land but has all been taken, have to push west, began to conflict with tribes, Governor of Virginia (Berkley) doesn't care, farm owners become angry and march to Jamestown to get Berkley, burn most of Jamestown, followers get thrown in jail, results in increase in need for enslaved Africans on plantations, sharp class differences

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Great Awakening

Similar to Enlightenment, questioning of clergy, promote equality

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Navigation Acts

Laws passed by British government, not enforced, tons of smuggling 1. Trade to and from British colonies can only occur on British ships and with British crews 2. Almost all goods coming to colonies need to come through British ports first 3. Long list of items from colonies that can only be sold to england

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Mercantilism

Colonies exist to make money for parent countries, raw materials gathered then sold back to colonies

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Salutary Neglect

Britain ignores colonies for period of time while monarchy goes through issues

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Lord Baltimore

Catholic nobility, Maryland proprietor, creates as refuge for Catholics who were otherwise oppressed

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Quakers

Liberal focus, pacifist, equality and respect (William Penn)

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Dominion of New England

Group of colonies (New English Colonies, New York and New Jersey) controlled by Sir Edmond Andros

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Sir Edmund Andros

Controls Dominion of New England, all report to him

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Leisler's Rebellion

Take control of New York, frustrated were under such strict control, directly against James II, wants better treatment

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Zenger Trial

Newspaper publisher creates criticals works against governor of New York, charged with libel, stands by work and found not guilty

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Enlightenment Ideals

Reason and rational thoughts challenge age old tradition

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Revivals

Hundreds or thousands come to talk about religion, say ordinary people can be affected by religion, traditional leaders begin to lose authority

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Ben Franklin

Deist

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Jonathan Edwards

Evangelist preacher

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Halfway Covenant

Form of church membership that allowed not full church members to be baptized and get various rights in the process

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Protestant Evangelism

Travel and spread religion, love preachers views and support new leaders

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Old Lights

Old religious leaders, don't like great awakening

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New Lights

Love preachers views and support new ideas

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George Whitefield

Evangelist preacher

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Deism

Believe in creation then hands off world, clockmaker analogy

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1585

Lost Colony of Raleigh

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1607

Jamestown

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1620

Massachusetts

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1676

Bacon's Rebellion

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