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Unit 1

Indentured servitude/

Headright system

-chief source of agricultural labor(tobacco) in Virginia & Maryland

-headright system encouraged the importation of indentured servants (paid

the passage of laborer receiving the right to acquire 50 acres of land

-# of slaves increased dramatically

Mayflower Compact -1st American Constitution

-Pilgrims (led by William Bradford) settle in Plymouth Massachusetts,

-an agreement to submit to majority rule

Halfway Covenant -As time passed, Puritans religious zeal began to diminish

-eased the requirements for church membership by allowing the baptism of

the children of baptized but unconverted Puritans

Albany Congress -developed by Benjamin Franklin

-Iroquois Confederacy sought alliance

-failed, but set precedent for future congress(Continental Congress)

city upon a hill -John Winthrop call on Puritans to build a model Christian society with a strict

code of moral conduct

1st Great Awakening -took the form of wave of religious revivals that began in New England-New Light ministers advocated emotional approach to religious practices;

weakening the authority of traditional old light ministers

-New Light ministers: promoted growth of New Light institutions of higher

learning (Princeton);sparked a renewed missionary spirit that led to the

conversion of many African slaves; Presbyterian v. Congregational; increase in

women in church congregations

Colonists and Native

American conflicts

-Indians no longer viewed English as trading allies but as invaders

-Powhatan massacre 347 settlers leading to war btw. Settlers and Indians

French & Indian War -France relinquished its N. American empire; England dominated lands east of

Mississippi, as well as parts of Canada; pivotal point in US relationship w/

Great Britain; began to impose revenue taxes on the colonies due to itsenlarged debt

Dominion of New England -James II(absolutism) sought to extend royal control over the colonies by

combining them into larger administrative units; asserted control over NE,

levied taxes, revoked town halls

-abolished representative assembly-> Glorious Revolution; dominion end

Yeoman Society -rejected feudal practices

-town land was given to group of proprietors to distribute to all families

-most adult men had vote in town meetings-> allowed avg. male much more

political power

Bacons Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon led 1000 Virginians in rebellion against Governor Berkeley;

servants wanted Natives out of VA but Berkeley had close tie w/ Natives; ledto land dispute: settlers wanted land that Natives have guaranteed to

Natives, Berkeley refused; Bacon kill native groups and burned the capital and

plundered the rich; *** significantly increased the number of African Africans

as a source of cheap labor

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Unit 2

Virtual Representation