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governor appointed by King Charles II to rule The Dominion of New England and control our trade
Sir Edmond Andros
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governor appointed by King Charles II to rule The Dominion of New England and control our trade
Sir Edmond Andros
1688; distracted the English back home and inspired the colonists to challenge them; given back their charter by Oliver Cromwell
Glorious Revolution
northern colony claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch; run by the Dutch West India company; trading center; very harsh, cruel, aristocratic, but very multicultural and profitable; run by director Peter Stuyvesant; later ruled by Duke of York (king Charles' brother); NYC
New Netherland (Amsterdam)
a colony given to William Penn (quaker) by Charles II; became a haven for Quakers
Pennsilvania
Quaker beliefs:
Pacifists; all men are equal; would not swear an oath, even to a king; would not pay taxes to the Church of England
settlement in Pennsylvania; 'city of brotherly love'; 3rd largest city in British Empire; most advertised colony; anti-slavery!; best relationship with the Native Americans; taken by the Scots-Irish
Philidelphia
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
governor appointed by King Charles II to rule The Dominion of New England and control our trade | Sir Edmond Andros |
1688; distracted the English back home and inspired the colonists to challenge them; given back their charter by Oliver Cromwell | Glorious Revolution |
northern colony claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch; run by the Dutch West India company; trading center; very harsh, cruel, aristocratic, but very multicultural and profitable; run by director Peter Stuyvesant; later ruled by Duke of York (king Charles' brother); NYC | New Netherland (Amsterdam) |
a colony given to William Penn (quaker) by Charles II; became a haven for Quakers | Pennsilvania |
Quaker beliefs: | Pacifists; all men are equal; would not swear an oath, even to a king; would not pay taxes to the Church of England |
settlement in Pennsylvania; 'city of brotherly love'; 3rd largest city in British Empire; most advertised colony; anti-slavery!; best relationship with the Native Americans; taken by the Scots-Irish | Philidelphia |
colony first given to two men as a business venture, but it failed; purchased by the Quakers, became successful, then taken by the Crown | New Jersey |
Characteristics of the Middle Colonies | rich, fertile soil; manufacturing/industrial centers; major seaports; populations were very diverse and tolerant of all religion |
colony in which life was very hard; population grew very slowly through immigration (women were scarce); not many families; tobacco economy that exhausted the soil (more land and more servants needed) | Chesapeake (Maryland, Virginia) |
a system started to get more people to come to America to work; 50 acres of land given to bring people; land became scarce and the freedom dues of indentured servants were taken away | Headright System |
rebellion led by indentured servants; led to plantation owners turning to African slave labor | Bacon's Rebellion (Nathanial Bacon) |
Chesapeake order of Society: | Planters (plantation owners) - all of the wealth + power; Small Farmers - 'subsistence farmers'; Landless whites (former indentured servants); Indentured servants; Free Blacks; Black slaves |
New England Society | large families (to run the farms); population grew from natural fertility (women came over from the start); very stable families; women had little rights |
new England towns: | centered on the meeting house - local church and town hall; more egalitarian (democratic); first college (Harvard 1636); started to have financial success so people slipped away from the church |
partial church membership for those who hadn't had a conversion experience | Halfway Covenant |
way of life of the New England colonies | hard working, stern people; turned to the sea; economy was based on trade and commerce (ship building and fishing were leading industries) |
triangular trade routes | between N. America, England, West Africa, and the West Indies; all gave and received specific products |