College American History-Unit 1

Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymoth

the "lost colony"

pooling money together to fund trip to America

Ask the king of England for funding for trip to America

Pilgrim settlement

Most famous successful English settlement in America; in Virginia

Established the city of Boston- "City on the Hill"

Oldest city in America

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

burning of James town; resulted in the end of indentured servants, instead turned more towards slavery

for every person one brings to America, one would recieve 50 acres for each person brought with

Time when people thought more about the scientific explanations of life

Religious movement; when people came "back to God" after Enlightenment

happened because of politics and paranoia; Tituba; supposed Black Magic users

economic system developing during the decay of fuedalism, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies

restriction on trade and imports made by England on colonies to close connections between Puritans and colonial government

England caught up in English Revolution and neglects the colonies who become more independent and set up a government of their own

"1st World War"; war fought between England and France in 1754-1763

Treaty ending the French and Indian War

declared that all colonists were not to move west of the imaginary line drawn along the east side of the Appalachian Mountains.

put taxes on sugar and molasses; rose tariffs;

colonies can no longer make their own money

Colonists have to house and feed British soldiers

All paper products (cards, marriage liscenses, etc) needed to have a stamp of proof of taxation

"No taxation without representation."

England can tax colonies whenever they want

tax on glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint; all items that had to be imported

only 5 people died in a Boston street; British soldiers being harassed; gunshots go off when someome yells "fire"

British custom ship that makes wrong turn and gets stuck on the coast; colonists burn it after telling British sailors to get off

Group of colonists that communicate together quickly

gave the people of Quebec freedom as long as they remained a part of England

people of the colonies declaring they only have two choices: give into tyranny, or take up arms against British

written by 2nd Continental Congress; written to King George III explaining that the colonists are not upset with him, but with Parliament

Intollerable Acts in retalliation to the Boston Tea Party; England shut down all governments in Massachusetts, and shut down Boston Harbor until recompinsated for the BTP