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US History Chapters 2-4 Part 3

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This deck covers important historical figures, events, and characteristics of early American colonies from US History Chapters 2-4.

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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TermDefinition
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