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What happened in 1607?
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony, was founded.
What happened in 1619?
House of Burgesses established; first African slaves arrive in Virginia.
What happened in 1620?
Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and established Plymouth colony.
What happened in 1636?
Harvard University was founded.
What happened in 1649?
The Act of Toleration was passed in Maryland.
What happened in 1675?
King Philip's War began between New England colonists and Native Americans.
What happened in 1676?
Bacon’s Rebellion occurred in Virginia.
What happened in the 1692?
Salem Witch Trials took place.
What happened in the 1730s-1750s?
The First Great Awakening occurred.
What happened in 1754?
The French and Indian War began.
What were the causes and effects of Mercantilism?
Causes: European powers sought wealth and power. Effects: Colonies provided raw materials, England manufactured goods, led to resentment.
What were the causes and effects of Salutary Neglect?
Causes: England preoccupied with other matters. Effects: Colonies developed self-governance and economic independence, but later resented British control.
What were the causes and effects of the First Great Awakening?
Causes: Enlightenment ideas, desire for religious renewal. Effects: New denominations, challenged authority, promoted individual judgment.
What were the causes and effects of King Philip's War?
Causes: Colonial expansion, land disputes. Effects: Native American power diminished, westward expansion accelerated.
What were the causes and effects of Bacon’s Rebellion?
Causes: Frontier grievances, lack of protection from Native Americans. Effects: Shift towards African slave labor, increased social tensions.
What were the causes and effects of the headright system?
Causes: Need for labor in the colonies. Effects: Expansion of tobacco cultivation, social stratification, and indentured servitude.
What were the causes and effects of the Act of Toleration?
Causes: Religious diversity in Maryland. Effects: Religious freedom for Christians, but not for other religions.
What were the causes and effects of the Navigation Acts?
Causes: England's desire to enforce mercantilism. Effects: Colonial resentment, smuggling, and economic dependence on England.
What were the causes and effects of the Salem Witch Trials?
Causes: Social tensions, religious extremism. Effects: Mass hysteria, executions, and erosion of Puritan authority.
What were the causes and effects of the founding of Jamestown?
Causes: English desire for wealth and resources. Effects: First permanent English colony, tobacco cultivation, and conflicts with Native Americans.
What is Mercantilism?
Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What are the Navigation Acts?
Laws enforcing mercantilism, requiring colonies to trade primarily with England.
What is Salutary Neglect?
England's policy of loosely enforcing trade laws, allowing colonies economic freedom.
What is the headright system?
Land grants given to settlers, especially in the Southern colonies.
What is the Act of Toleration?
Religious freedom granted to Christians in Maryland.
What is the Holy Experiment?
William Penn's vision for Pennsylvania as a Quaker colony.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
Investment organization used to finance exploration and colonization.
What is Triangular Trade?
Trade system between the New World, Europe, and Africa.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Governing document created by the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
What is 'city upon a hill'?
John Winthrop's vision for Massachusetts Bay as a Puritan model society.