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| a massive transfer of people form England to the New World |
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| was a late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement in what later became the Virginia Colony; the final group of colonists disappeared during the Anglo-Spanish War, three years after the last shipment of supplies from England; the settlement is known as "The Lost Colony," and the fate of the colonists is still unknown |
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| the 1st permanent English settlement |
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| cheif of the Algonquians Indians; father of Pocahontas |
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| was chosen to lead the settlement at Jamestown; captured by the Algonquians where he was saved from executed by Pocahontas |
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| a joint stock company with a proprietary charter financed the first permanent English settlement in the New World, Jamestown |
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| daughter of Powhatan; was known for saving John Smith; married John Rolfe; later went to England |
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| introduced tobacco to the colonies; married Pocahontas |
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| introduced to colonies by John Rolfe; became very popular in England; saved colonies from economic ruin |
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| half-brother of Powhatan, cheif of the Algonquians; became cheif after Powhatan died; thought the English were growing too numerous; launched an attack against the settlers |
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| the first representative assembly in the New World |
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| recieved a charter from King Charles I to found Maryland; founded Maryland to make a profit (on tobacco) and to create a safe haven for Catholics |
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| if you paid your way, or that of someone else, you would recieve 50 acres of land |
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| granted freedom of religion in the colony of Maryland |
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| those who thought that Church of England was to corrupted to purify - wanted to separate from the church |
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| those who wanted to purify the Church of England |
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| was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony; since the charter for the colony was incomplete at the time the colonists departed England, the Pilgrims arrived off the coast of New England without a patent |
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| Massachusetts Bay Company |
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| was responsible for the settlemen of Massachusetts; had a profit motive |
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| a Separatist who believed the Indians were being treated unfairly and that the government should have no say in people's religious beliefs; was banished from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island |
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| told people there were few ministers who were of the elite (predestined to go to heaven); believed that if you were of the elite, you could tell if others were as well; was banished from Massachusetts for saying that God spoke to her directly; ended up in the Netherlands |
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| fought between the English and the Pequot Indians over the Connecticut River Valley; English won |
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| King Philips War, 1675-76 |
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| fought between settlers and the Wampanoag Indians; Indians wanted to stop the spread of the English population; Indians had the advantage in the beginning, but, in the end, the English won |
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| King James II revoked all of the charters in the New World and combined all of the colonies; King James II thought the colonies were too independent; dissolved local institutions; ended when William of Orange (King James II son-in-law) helped to overthrow King James II |
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| minister of Salam Village; concluded the "afflicted girls" were bewitched |
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the Caribbean Indian slave of Samuel Parris; confessed to bewitching the "afflicted girls" |
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