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From the Brinkley, Alan. American History – A Survey, 15th Edition (McGraw Hill) textbook


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Chapter 2 Study note

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APUSH Chapter 2 Notes

Colonial america (1607-1754)

Chesapeake and southern colonies

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IMPORTANT TERMS
The London
Company
John Smith
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"Starving Time"
John Rolfe
"Headright
System"
1622 Uprising
"proprietaries"
Toleration Act
Bacon's Rebellion
Mayflower
Compact
Plymouth
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
Company
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
King Philip's War
Restoration Colonies
William Penn
Indentured
Servants
Navigation Acts
Dominion of New
England
Glorious Revolution
Maryland
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Chapter 2
THE EARLY CHESAPEAKE
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What is the Chesapeake?
OVA and MD
Jamestown
o 1607, first permanent English settlement
O
Charter colony: group of individuals shared in profits
and losses of colony.
• "Starving Time" Winter 1609-1610, fevers, deaths,
etc.
• John Smith: helped save colony from starvation
Tobacco
O
O
Introduced by John Rolfe, hated by King James I
Made money for colonists, exhausted land, led to
expansion, conflict with Natives.
Endless cycle
EXPANSION:
o Headright System:
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Quiz Date -
1619: 2 Important Events
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50 acres of land
New settlers received 50 acres of land
If someone paid the passage of an immigrant,
the buyer would receive 50 acres (encouraged
indentured servants)
House of Burgesses - elected representatives in
VA
First group of Africans arrive in America
O Conflict with the Natives:
Powhatan confederacy - no longer a threat by
1644
ided by the second Lord Baltimore
Fared better than early Virginians did
Act of Toleration - Freedom of worship to
all Christians - if you were not a Christian
you could be put to death ●.
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Bacon's Rebellion (Virginia - 1676)
Gov. Berkeley did not allow settlement past a line
O
In the "west" many farmers were underrepresented in the House of Burgesses
Bacon almost took control, died suddenly
Significance?
O
O
O
O
Plymouth
Pilgrims were Separatists - wanted to break away from the Anglican Church
Mayflower Compact - established a government led by majority rule
• Relations with Natives - many Natives died a few years before from disease: Natives
taught colonists to farm and hunt
o William Bradford - governor of Plymouth
Puritans
o King Charles I (early 17th century) began to target Puritans (wanted to purify the
Church of England, not break away)
• 1629 - led by John Winthrop, they received a charter and eventually settled in
Massachusetts Bay
Puritan beliefs:
O
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O
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Church members were the only people allowed to vote or hold a political office
Did not extend religious freedom to ther.
Thomas Hooker:
O Founded Connecticut: established a constitution, Fundamental Order
Roger Williams
Extreme Separatist, wanted MBC to completely break away from the Church
Also advocated separation of church and state and payment to Natives for land
O Banished to Rhode Island
O
Movement towards slaves for labor
Shows tensions between rich and poor, East and West
Predestination, focus on reading the bible - led to school
"A City upon a hill"
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All religions could worship
Anne Hutchinson
Challenged the power of clergy, and rights of women
• After her banishment, many churches restricted women's rights further
Pequot War:
Conflict over land and trade, Pequots were decimated ●
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King Philip's War:
O Fought over land.
o Lasted several years
Eventually the whites won, Wampanoag's were weakened
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Carolina:
Similar to MD, headright system, religious toleration to all Christians
North: poorer farmers, isolated
• South: wealthy plantations, aristocratic, trade with Barbados -> slavery
NY: originally belonged to the Dutch. Various groups, some religious toleration and local
governments
NJ: was a proprietor (one person founding to make money) colony, becomes a royal one
Most citizens were small farmers.
O
O
O
Quakers:
Believed in an "inner light"
All could attain salvation, did not favor predestination
Women had many rights in church O could be become preachers, speak publicly
o Pacifists, no paid clergy
William Penn
O
O
O
Founded PA as a proprietor colony
O Paid Native Americans for their land
o "Holy Experiment" - toleration of many religious groups
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RDERLANDS MIDDLE GROUND
Caribbean Islands
o Sugarcane became the most important crop - slave labor
O Harsh slave codes - laws against slavery
• Important trading partner with British North America
Spanish in North America
O
Georgia
O
Favored converting Natives to Christianity
Enlisted them as trading partners
Intermarried heavily with the Native Americans
O
Founded by James Oglethorpe as:
A border against the Spanish
Originally excluded Africans, slavery, and Catholics
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o Later, GA began to develop when slavery was introduced, instituted plantations
modeled after Sc
French settled in the interior of N.A., beneficial relationship with Natives.
The Evolution of the British Empire
Colonies exist for the benefit and wealth of the mother country
Navigation Acts:
• Colonists could only trade with England
o Colonists could only ship certain goods (enumerated articles) to England - tobacco
Benefits of Navigation Acts on colonies?
Shipbuilding blossomed, growth of lumber and iron industries
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EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Dominion of England:
• Created by James II, combined the control of several colonies under Sir Edmund
Andros
Andros strictly enforced the Navigation Acts, hated by many colonists
Glorious Revolution:
James II is overthrown, his son in law and daughter, William and Mary are
installed as joint rulers to the throne.
Andros and the Dominion of England were overthrown
MA and Plymouth combined as a royal colony
O
O
Jacob Leisler
Overthrew NY leader Francis Nicholson
Demonstrated tensions between lower and wealthy class in NY
Impact of Glorious Revolution?
Colonists successfully resisted some English policies
• Strengthened their belief that England should consider their views
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