Chapters 1-3
Columbus and the Spanish 1492 Columbus finds America’s 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico 1532 Pizarro conquers the Inca
Spanish in America Catholics Ran from Top Down Christianize Missions Slavery Raw Materials Small Pox Disease
The English in America John Smith John Rolfe Tobacco is King Joint Stock Company “He who does not work, does not eat” Roanoke
More English Colonies 1634 Lord Baltimore “Catholic Haven” West Indies Sugar and Rum Trade
Plymouth Bay Puritans 1620 William Bradford Massachusetts Bay Great Migration Boston John Winthrop “City upon a Hill”
Religion in the Colonies Anglicans Congregational Quakers Catholics Rhode Island “Sewer” Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams
Religion in the Colonies Half-way Covenant The Great Awakening 1730’s & 1740’s George Whitefield Politics played a role in sermons
Democracy in America Mayflower Compact New England Church Jonathan Edwards Connecticut Fundamental Orders Thomas Hooker House of Burgesses Virginia 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties
New England Confederation 1 st Alliance System with in the colonies
Tobacco Economy Indentured Servants Head-right system White Slaves Freedom Dues
Important Laws Navigation Acts Smuggling Molasses Act 1733 John Peter Zenger Freedom of Press
Colonial Events King George’s War Queen Anne’s War Dominion of New England 1686 Bacon’s Rebellion 1676 Salem Witch Trials 1692
Life in the Colonies New England South Middle Diverse Economy Family Driven Orderly Expansion Trade Public Schools Religious Independent Tough Climate Diverse Trade Quakers Freedom of Religion Good relationship with Natives Diverse farmers Tobacco Plantations Wealthy Disorganized Poor infrastructure Women’s Rights Slavery Large Cities Five Families