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Joint stock company of men looking for gold. They had many conflicts with Native Americans and struggled with starvation and disease.
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France established for trading enterprise. They combined their culture with Christianity which differed from the Spanish.
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Led to him doing away with parliament and threatened to drive Puritans out.
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Dutch ship brought twenty Africans in exchange for supplies. The women gave the colony the ability to grow and thrive.
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John Rolfe planted the sweeter tobacco that quickly became Virginia's cash crop.
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First permanent Dutch settlement. Holland had just been set free from the Spanish.
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Puritans seeking a free colony. John Winthrop helped colonize the colony.
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Was aimed at the Dutch shippers to give England more money.
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Anything coming to New England must come from England, except horses, wine, and salt.
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This act created a tax on goods shipped from one colony to another.
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Plymouth war with local Native Americans ending in King Philip's head on display for next twenty years.
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Bloodless coup to overthrow King James II. Abolished absolutism and established the constitutional monarchy. This led to the creation of the English Bill of Rights.
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Englishmen court established to enforce rules.