Unit 1 Study Guide
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be able to list the 3 G’s – God, gold, glory
diseases will destroy most of the Native American population
joint-stock company – investors pool their money in hopes of making a large profit on colonies –
example of this company is the VA Company of London
1607 – Jamestown is settled – the 1st permanent settlement in the new world - able to make their money
through tobacco
Cash crop – a crop grown solely for the purpose of selling to make money
1619 – first women arrive in VA, House of Burgesses becomes the first law making assembly, and the
first Africans come
Maryland – established as a haven for Catholics to practice their religion
Pennsylvania – established as a haven for Quakers to practice their religion
indentured servants – agreed to work 5-7 years in exchange for passage to America or for relief of their
debts
plantations in the South allowed for the trans-Atlantic slave trade to take hold and thrive
middle passage brought Africans to the West Indies and North America
be able to label the 13 colonies on a map
Puritans – 1629 -came to America for religious freedom – wanted to purify the church of England –
settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony – John Winthrop chosen as their leader
Mayflower Compact – first constitutional style document of the new world – set up town meetings and
majority rule
John Winthrop – referred to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a “city upon a hill” – wrote A Model of
Christian Charity
dissenter – went against Puritan teachings about the relationship between the church and government –
examples are Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams – many fled to Rhode Island
Cavaliers were another name for English gentlemen that came to Virginia to settle
1492 – Columbus (originally from Italy) sails for Spain looking for a western passage to Asia – ends up
landing in the West Indies/Caribbean
Know the results of the trans-Atlantic slave trade