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Early American Colonies Vocab and People
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- 1Elizabeth Iqueen of England that gave charter to Sir Walter Raleigh to settle in New England
never married
Virginia was named after her - 2Sir Walter RaleighFinanced Roanoke and sent people to settle there but never set foot on the land he chartered
- 3Virginia DareJohn White's granddaughter, first English child born in Americas, named in honor of the colony
- 4John Whiteleader of the second group that came to Roanoke
- 5John Smithsignificant leader of Jamestown, turned the colony around and got them back on their feet
- 6Virginia Company of Londonjoint stock company is a business where investors pool their money in order to make a profit
funded Jamestown - 7Pocahontasmay have saved John Smith's life twice
essential to the peace between the two cultures
was baptized/ renamed Lady Rebecca and brought to England where she later died - 8John Rolfeintroduced a sweeter variety of tobacco to Jamestown that would become the basis of their economy - cash crop
married Pocahontas - 9Nathaniel Baconled the uprising against the government (Bacon's Rebellion) so that taxes paid for protection against Indian attacks
after he died, the uprising fell apart - 10William Bradfordsecond governor of Plymouth that was elected over 30 times
wrote OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION - 11Massasoitleader of the Wampanoag (chief of the local Indian tribe)
daughter was Pocahontas - 12Squantotranslator between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans
taught the colonists how to plant corn, fish, survive - 13John WinthropMassachusetts governor that called Boston "city upon a hill"
led Puritans to settle in Boston (Shawmut Peninsula) - 14Anne Bradstreetfirst important poet in America
- 15Anne Hutchinsonbanished from MBC for expressing her religious views, later moved to Rhode Island, had followers Antinominions, later killed in Indian massacre in New York
- 16Mary Dyerfriend of Anne Hutchinson's
Quaker, martyr
was hung in Boston Common after repeatedly returning to Boston - 17Roger Williamsfounded Rhode Island
Salem minister that said people shouldn't be forced to go to church, church and government should be separate, colonists shouldn't take the Indian's land by force - 18Quakersreligious society of friends
pacifists, shouldn't take Native Americans' land by force, in Rhode Island - 19John Sassomonpraying Indian (Christian, baptized) whose death, which accused of and killed three of Philip's men, caused King Philip's War, the bloodiest war in colonial NE
- 20King Philip/ Metacomson of Massasoit, brother of Alexander
wanted to stop colonists from expanding onto their land
attempted to unite Indian tribes against the colonists - 21Rev. Samuel ParrisReverend of Salem Village, where the witchcraft all began, his daughter and niece started having fits and were diagnosed as a result of witchcraft
- 22Titubaslave that suppposedly told the girls about witchcraft, fortune telling, and magic
- 23colonya settlement under the rule of another country (its mother country)
- 24plantationa large self sufficient farm on which cash crops are grown by slaves OR COLONY
- 25indentured servanta person who enters into a legal contract to work for someone typically 4-7 years in return for a free passage to America
- 26slavea person who is owned by another person and forced to work without pay
- 27cash cropcrop planted to make money
- 28rebellionuprising intended to change or overthrow the government
- 29martyrperson who dies for what they believe in
- 30Touro Synagogueoldest Jewish house of worship America in Newport, RI
- 31St. Augustine, FLoldest city in U.S.
Spanish fort
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- GMAT US History and Culture Flashcards on Early American Colonies Vocab and People, created by x chen on 10/10/2017.
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