U.S. History

founded by William Bradford, writers of Maflower Compact.

those loyal to the Church of England.

founded by Roger Williams who believed in practice of all Christian forms; began 1st Baptist Church.

explained sermons after church service and interpreted scriptures.

founded by Thomas Hooker for religious purposes; est. Hartford and New Haven.

founded by Captain John Mason and colonized for its vast lumber.

extension of Massachusetts.

Pequot War and King Philip's War.

founded as a reward for loyalty; used land as incentive for settlement

tobacco and rice

founded by Dutch but later captured by England.

founded by the Duke of York; center for fishing and farming.

founded by William Penn for Quaker religion.

society of friends, no predestination, no original sin, nonwealthy clergy, seperation of church and state.

founded by swedish.

founded by James Oglethorpe for criminals as a buffer colony bordering Spanish occupied Florida.

founded for monetary reasons to produce for the crown.

founded as a haven for Catholics.

medicine, birth and death rate, immigration and natural increase.

higher independence, male authority undermined.

little independence, male dominated; patriarchal puritan families.

elect pastors and town representatives; generational conflicts.

more diverse agriculture, extractive industries(coal + iron), no common currency, emerging merchant class, mercantilism, Columbian Exchange.

all agriculture: tobacco, indigo major crops.

very large self efficient, self contained communities - no need to leave.

kinship networks, blend of beliefs, complex family structure, interference from white owners.

largest slave rebellion in colonial America occuring in South Carolina.

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield

stressed logic and order, traditional authority challenged, deism.

high white literacy rate, high value on education as part of religion.

tradition of neglect, appointed foreign, ineffective governors, decentralized colonial administrations; Parliament now with more power.

proposed by Ben Franklin to unite the colonies, but rejected by colonial assemblies.

Iroquois indians; good fur trade, tolerance of native customs.

king philips war, queen anne's war, king george's war, and the French and Indian War(Seven Years' War).

Britain, Prussia, Portugal vs. Austria, Russia, Spain, France

prime minister William Pitt.

gained critical war experience and protected western settlements against indian raids.

boundary of western settlement established by British empire.

desire for colonists to assist in paying off HUGE war debt.

tax on molasses and rum to help pay off military expenses and stop smuggling of cheaper French molasses.

tax on all paper products sold within the colonies, despised by colonists and later repealed due to colonial boycott.

Passed on the same day as repeal of stamp act, affirming parliamentary power to legislate for the colonies.

ordered colonial legislatures to pay for certain goods needed by soldiers stationed within their borders; indirect tax.

taxed glass, lead, paper, and tea imported to the colonies.

eliminated all duties on tea entering England and thus lowered price for consumers. protested by colonists as bold statement for taxation with representation.

George Grenville.

closed Boston harbor until town payed for ruined tea, revoked Mass. charter and all leadership appointed by crown, any charge of murder while enforcing royal authority would be tried in England, , requisitioned empty buildings for housing of troops.

the first continental congress.

loyal message to George III imploring him for a cease fire at Boston, repeal of Coersive, and negotiations of American rights; never read by king.

written by Thomas Paine and illuminated the flaws of monarchy.

1st casualty of revolution.

lexington & concord, april 19, 1775.

may 1775 - march 1781.

Thomas Jefferson. duh

divided americans; and adopted the weak articles of confederation.

George ''the fucking man" Washington.

New York City.

patriot victory at Saratoga gained pivotal French support; navy, supplies, some troops.

overconfident, severely underestimate americans.

Yorktown, 1781; Cornwallis surrender.

John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin.

an ultimate to either accept new independence or leave.

anglican church.

written by last royal governor of Virginia that freed all slaves willing to fight for the king free.

founder of the protestant reformation; disputed the church's belief that salvation was bestowed on the basis of good deeds, but solely as a reward for one's faith.

decreed predestination that the majority of people descend to hell, and only a few "elect" would have a true conversion feeling.

founded by Sir Walter Raleigh; when civilian leader John White returned after 3 years, all colonist were gone.

founded by john smith; first permanent settlement in america.

John Winthrop.