Chapter 2:

- The English settlers come to America for gold and trade, because of unemployment and overpopulation, and religious freedom etc.

- English use same brutal tactics on Native Americans as they do on Irish- The House of Burgesses was the first form of self government in the new world- Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics- South Carolina used indentured servants and slaves on their growing plantations, because

they needed cheap, reliable labor to keep up with the tobacco business.- Sugar was hard to grow and tobacco was not, which led to many people from the west

indies coming to America.- Southern colonies’ economies were centered around tobacco grown on plantations.

Terms

1.) Primogeniture – policy that only the eldest son is eligible to inherit the estate (YOUNGER SONS WANTED TO GO TO THE NEW WORLD)

2.) Joint Stock Companies – enabled investors in colonies to pool their capital, provided financial means for settlement of the new world

3.) “Starving time” – period between 1609 and 1610 where all but 60 colonists in Jamestown died because of their focus on obtaining gold instead of growing food.

4.) Act of Toleration – 1649: tolerated all Christians, death penalty for those who denied Christ, atheists, Jews

5.) Barbados Slave Code – 1661: gave slave owners complete control over laborers

Virginia (1607) Maryland (1634) North Carolina (1670, 1712)

South Carolina (1670, 1712)

Founded by: Virginia Company – received a charter from James I with promise of gold and to find a passage to the Indies.

Lord Baltimore, for profit and to create a safe haven for his fellow Catholics.

Lord’s Proprietors – to grow foodstuffs to send down to sugar plantations in Barbados/export non-English products__________________

Lord’s Proprietors - to grow foodstuffs to send down to sugar plantations in Barbados/export non-English products ________________

Key Towns Jamestown – almost failed, “saved” by JOHN SMITH

St Marys Charleston

Characteristics (income, way of life, etc.)

1612: John Rolfe perfects tobacco raising method Plantation culture – people wanted land, demand for labor

Tobacco, depended on indentured servants for early yearsFreedom of worship for all Christians

Brought slave trade from Barbados up to AmericaRice________________

Brought slave trade from Barbados up to AmericaRice_______________

Other (Native American tribes conflicted with, laws enacted, etc.)

VA Charter – guaranteed same rights as in EnglandStarving time – 1609-1610, all but 60 died in J.townPowhatan – initially stable because of trade, Pocahontas, “Irish tactics”. Fall because of disease, disorganization, and disposability House of Burgesses – 1619 first mini parliament in new worldVA becomes a royal colony under James I’s control in 1624 because of lucrative tobacco business

Act of Toleration – freedom of worship for all Christians; death penalty for atheists and Jews, and those who denied Christ

Georgia - 1733

Founded by: John Oglethorpe – interested in prison reform, repelled Spanish attacks, saved GA through energetic leadership and by heavily mortgaging personal fortune

Key towns: Savannah

Characteristics (income, way of life, etc.)

Intended to be a buffer b/w Carolinas and Spaniards Philanthropy – many debtors, against slavery in GAAll Christians except Catholics enjoyed religious tolerance

Other (Native American tribes conflicted with, laws enacted, etc.)

Chapter 3:

- The separatists were Puritans who believed that only visible saints should be allowed in the church and wanted to break away from the church of England because they allowed anyone to be in the church

- The Mayflower Compact was basically the colonists agreeing to have laws that would be imposed on the majority, first lawmaking body in the Northern Colonies.

- Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were both Quakers who challenged the Puritan values

- What were the Fundamental Orders?

- What was the significance of King Philip’s War?

- Who originally settled New York and how would you compare its population to that of New England?

- How did the Quakers affect the policies of the Pennsylvania Colony?

- In what ways were the New England and Southern colonies similar? Different?

1. Predestination2. Elect3. Visible Saints4. Seditious 5. Commonwealth 6. Asylum 7. Proprietary8. Blue Laws9. Naturalization10. Martin Luther11. John Calvin12. Massachusetts Bay Colony13. John Winthrop 14. Great Puritan Migration15. Puritans16. Quakers17. Anne Hutchinson18. Roger Williams19. Peter Stuyvesant 20. William Penn