American Colonies
New England
Middle
Chesapeake
Southern
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(You will have to look up some of these to know which region it occurred in; some occurred
in multiple regions)
Colonies
Plymouth, MA
Jamestown, VA
Maryland
New Amsterdam, NY
Pennsylvania
Delaware “New Sweden”
Georgia
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North and South Carolina
Economic
Tobacco
Lumber, shipbuilding, fishing
Massachusetts Bay Company
Large plantations, indigo, rice, cotton
Slaves
Virginia Company
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism
Headright system
Indentured servitude
Virginia Company
Social
Puritans
Separatist Puritans
Lord Baltimore
Roger Williams
Dutch
William Penn
German
Anne Hutchinson
John Davenport
John Rolfe
John Smith
Harvard University
Blue Laws
Pennsylvania Dutch
Roger Williams
Political
Mayflower Compact
Bacon’s Rebellion
John Winthrop “City Upon a Hill”
Proprietary Colonies Electing Governors
Dominion of New England
Salem Witch Trials
Virginia House of Burgesses
King Philip’s War
New England Confederation
Stono Rebellion
Salutary neglect
Religious
Great Awakening
Half way covenant
Safe haven for Catholics
Quakers
“Bible Commonwealth”
Church of England
Calvinism
Proprietary Colonies in America
Organized by a proprietor: person whom
the king granted land
Land can be settled and governed by the
proprietor’s choosing
Governor was appointed by the
proprietor, but ran much like a royal
colony
Charter Colonies in America
Charters granted to the colonists
themselves between 1662-1663
Self-governing
Governor’s were elected by the white
male colonists, and were often not asked
for King’s approval
laws were made by bicameral
legislatures that were independent from
the Governor and King
Royal Colonies in America
Under the direct control of the crown
King named their governor
Two house legislature: shared power
with Governor
Any laws they passed had to be
approved by the Crown