Midterms-US History Ch.2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 london company | group most quickly involved in english coloniaztion of north america |
| pohatan | leader of thhe native american group hostile to english settlers in Virginia |
| captian john smith | individual most responsible for the initial survival of the jamestown colony |
| john rolfe | individual most responsible for the development of jamestown's most important cash crop, marries Pocahontas |
| "headright" | system of giving land to individuals moving to or sponsoring people to settle in virginia |
| house of burgesses | first colonial legistlator |
| george calvert | awarded land grant to establish maryland colony |
| oliver cromwell | puritan military commander who becomes lord protector of england after execution of king charles I |
| nathanial bacon | leads revolt against established powers in virginia which leads to fear of havin too many poor white inhabitants |
| william bradford | first governor of plymouth plantation |
| squanto | native american who greats pilgrims speaking perfect english |
| mayflower | ship taken by pilgrims to america |
| massachusetts | strictly puritan colony established with 1000 people moving together to the americas |
| separatists | individuals who wish to split completly from the church of england |
| roger williams | preacher invited to salem, massachusetts who is declared a heretic and flees to rhode island |
| lord de la warr | first governor of virginia |
| proprietory | colony owned by an individual or group |
| constitution | written rules of organization, purpose, and practice |
| benign neglect | idea that england ignored the running of the colonies becuase they were far away and insignificant |
| exeter compact | constitution of new hampshire colony |
| congregation | body of church members |
| congregationalism | each church operates independently while sharing similar basic beliefs |
| anne hutchinson | women whose outspoken beliefs and practices lead to her banishment for massachusetts |
| thomas hooker | establishes hartfort colony in the fertile valley of connecticut river |
| john wheelwright | move with his followers to new hampshire to avoid puritan harassment |
| jacob leisler | leads revolt in NYC against the king's |
| peter stuyvesant | dutch governor of new amsterdam, very unpopular |
| james, duke of york | granted all land between connecticut and pennsylvania by his brother king charles II |
| lord john berkeley | one of two individuals granted land in NJ who will later sell out to quakers and actually profit from their holdings |
| william penn | granted land in payment for debt by the king to his father |
| society of friends | proper name for religious group banned in england because they were viewed as anarchists |
| established | churched supported by tax in the colonies |
| philadelphia | model of town/city planning for colonies |
| charter of liberties | document giving PA representative government |
| john locke | political philosopher who helps write constituion for the carolinas |
| john mason | leads brutal assaults on native americans in connecticut |
| metacomet | death of this leader ends last major uprising of native amercians in new england |
| sir edmund andros | hated royal governor of dominion of new england |
| caribs | highly warlike group in the region discovered by columbus |
| cavaliers | supporters of the king in the english civil war |
| royal company | colony under direct control of the king |
| roundheads | supporters of the puritans in the english civil war |
| fox and fell | founds of the society of friends |
| james oglethorpe | great philanthropist that established colony of georgia |
| ashley cooper | established colony in carolinas |
| james I | hated tobacco use |
| general court | legislative body of massachusetts |
| francis nicholson | lieutenant governor of NY enjoyed the support of the traditonally wealthy people |
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