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Date Posted: 12:33:04 03/27/01 Tue
Author: saira
Subject: 1607-1650

NA = Native American
Jamestown � site selected in 1607; named after King James I; unhealthy area where many colonists suffered
John Smith � adventurer who whipped Jamestown colonists into shape � they wanted money but would do nothing for survival
John Rolfe � married Pocahontas in 1614; perfected method of raising and curing tobacco which became staple crop of VA
Tobacco - staple crop of the colonies, helped them economically
House of Burgesses � representative self-government authorized by the London Co. in 1619
Slaves � first came in 1619 to the colonies
Mayflower Compact � written by Pilgrim leaders in agreement to form a political body and submit to the will of the majority
Massachusetts Bay Colony � 1629 � non-Separatist Puritans secured a royal chater; first governor was John Winthrop, prospered in fur trading, fishing, and shipbuilding; only the freemen had control in the government but church officials couldn�t have a high position because church and state was to be separate; in 1691 it was made a royal colony and its charter taken away after the people caused uproar due to Glorious Revolution in England
Fundamental Orders of CT � 1639 � settlers drafted document that had citizens democratically control the government
Maryland � second plantation colony, fourth founded, by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics and aristocrats
Maryland Act of Toleration � gave religious toleration in Maryland in 1649 to all Christians
Plymouth Colony
Pequot War � 1636 � NA resisted settlement in CT river valley by English; colonists burned and killed 600
Rhode Island � formed by a fleeing Roger Williams, religious tolerance, housed exiles
Thomas Hooker � Reverend who led a group of Puritans into Hartford in 1635
Antinomianism � if you�re predestined, why follows laws of land or God?
Anne Hutchinson � believed in Antinomianism and was banished from Massachusetts; fled to Rhode Island, and later New York
Harvard � founded in 1636 by Massachusetts Puritans
New England Confederation � in 1643, 4 colonies (Massachusetts colonies: Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony Conneticut colonies: New Haven and scattered village settlements) banded together; functioned usefull during King Phillip�s War
Charles I vs. Cromwell � Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629, but then called it back in 1640; Civil Wars broke out, led by Oliver Cromwell and Charles I was beheaded and Cromwell ruled England for a decade
Proprietary colony � controlled by proprietors
Royal colony � ruled directly by the crown
Charter colony � allows settlement into new world with same rights as Englishmen but with more freedom
Indenture servant � white slaves who worked for their freeom

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Re: 1607-1650 -- cathy, 08:28:00 09/22/01 Sat

doyou have any more information about the rhode island colony?