1. Important Events in Colonial America
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2. Bacon’s Rebellion
armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by young Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor Berkeley
grievances regarding Indian attacks
AND Berkeley failed to address the demands of the colonists regarding their safety…..

3. Mercantilism
The main economic system used in Colonial America The main goal was to increase a nation's wealth by imposing government regulation concerning nation's commercial interests.
It was believed that national strength could be maximized by limiting imports via tariffs and maximizing exports.

4. Middle Passage/Triangular Trade
New Englanders manufactured and shipped rum to the west coast of Africa in exchange for slaves.
The slaves were taken on the “Middle Passage” to the West Indies where they were sold for molasses and money.
The molasses would be sent to New England to make rum and start the entire system of trade all over again.

5. Great Awakening
A spiritual renewal that swept the American Colonies, particularly New England, during the first half of the 18th Century.
Certain Christians began to disassociate themselves with the established ideas

6. Salem Witch Trials
More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed
Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted.

7. King Phillip’s War the First Indian War, Metacom's War
an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists
Approx. 30% of whites settlers killed
The war was the single greatest calamity to occur in seventeenth-century Puritan New England.
the colony's economy was all but ruined, and much of its population was killed

8. Virginia House of Burgesses
was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America
established by the Virginia Company
Its first meeting was held in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619

9. New England Colonies King Phillip’s War Town Meetings
Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams
Half-Way Covenant
Salem Witch Trials

10. Middle Atlantic Colonies
Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam (New York) and English takeover
William Penn: Pennsylvania

11. Southern Colonies Virginia Company Tobacco Cultivation
Native American Relations (Powhatan)
House of Burgesses
Bacon’s Rebellion
Slavery