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| George Calver, Lord Baltimore | 1632 King Charles I subdivided Virginia Colony. He gave control of the Chesapeake Bay to this guy |
| Act of Toleration | 1649 This act granted religious freedom to all Christians, but also said death to those who didn't believe in Jesus |
| Virginia | 1660s This Colony struggled. Overproduction of Tobacco led to economic problems. House of Burgesses raised tobacco prices. London merchants raised their own prices on exported goods |
| Sir William Berkeley | 1676 Governor of Virginia. Favored large planters and failed to protect settlements from Indian attacks. Nathaniel Bacon was not a very big fan of this guy. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led western farmers in a rebellion agaisnt Governor Berkeley. They raided Indian villages on Virginia frontier. Their army defeated the governor's forces and burned the Jamestown settlement. Bacon died suddenly though and the rebellion died along with him. Highlighted sharp class differences and showed colonial resistance to royal control |
| Indentured Servant | A master or landowner would pay to have this person shipped over to work on their land for a certain number of years without pay. |
| Headright System | Virginia offered fifty acres of land to each immigrant who paid for his own passage and any plantation owner who paid for an immigrant's passage. |
| Slavery | 1619 These people came to Virginia to work without pay and in horrible conditions. they were basically property |
| Roger Williams | 1631 Puritan minister. believed that the individual's conscience was beyond control of church authority. Founded Providence, RI. |
| Anne Hutchinson | 1638 Belived in antinominalism (faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation) and was exiled. Founded Portsmouth. |
| Thomas Hooker | 1636 Founded CT. |
| Halfway Covenant | 1660s People could take part in church services without making a formal declaration of their total belief in Christ. Made in an attempt to get people in church. |
| New England Confederation | 1643 Military alliance against Native Americans. Made up of New Englanders. Came to an end when England's Civil war ended. Established a precedent for colonies taking unified action |
| King Philip's War | 1675-6 This guy united many tribes in Southern New England against the English settlers. Colonial forces prevailed killing this guy and virtually ending native American resistance in New England. |
| James Oglethorpe | 1733 Founded Savannah, GA. Governor. Banned drinking rum and prohibited slavery. the colony didn't prosper |
| Navigation Acts | 1650-73 mercantilist policy. Trade only through England. New England shipbuilding prospered. Tobacco had monopoly in England. English military protected colonies. However, colonists had to pay high prices to england, chesapeake farmers received low pay for crops and colonial manufacturing was limited. |
| Dominion of New England | 1686 Led by Sir Edmund Andros. hey levied taxes, limited town meetings and revoked land titles. Made because James II wanted to have better royal control over colonies |
| Glorious Revolution | 1688 Uprising against James II. Got rid of him and replaced him with William and Mary. Dominion of New England ended. Mercantilist policies remained |
| Triangular Trade | 17th Century. Ship with rum in New England port to west africa, rum traded for captive africans to west indies where slaves were traded for cargo of sugarcane back to new england where sugar would be sold to be used in making rum |
