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Chesapeake Colonies
Cause: After the Spanish-English war, King James wanted to colonize North America.
Effect:A group of investors, The Virginia Company, established Jamestown, the first settlement in the Chesapeake region and the English were in North America to stay -
Tobacco
Cause: The English colonies needed a "merchantable commodity" to make a profit off of North America.
Effect: Tobacco cultivation retired the land and turned big profits for the English. -
Indentured Servants
Cause: The cost of to ship a person to North America was ;ess expensive than a slave so many English used them.
Effect: The English grew dependent on these servants while the French relied on themselves and the Spanosh on Indian labor. -
William Bradford
Cause: leader of the Pilgrims, who believe the Anglican establishment to be so corrupt that they must establish their own church.
Effect: Emmigrated to North America on the Mayflower and formed the first English colony. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cause: A arge group of Puritans wanted to establish their own colony in order to reform the national church.
Effect: Led to a Puritan run colony, resulting in secret corruption within the community. -
Roger Williams
Cause: He came to Salem to preach that the English had no right to Indian land, religous toleration, and seperation of chirch and state.
Effect: He was banished for his ideas but he and followers formed the town of Providence based on his ideas. -
Anne Hutchinson
Cause: Retaliated and disagreed with Puritan leaders by holding discussion groups to criticize them.
Effect: She was banished for claiming to have a revelation from God and moved to Providence with her followers. -
Harvard
Cause: The Massachusetts community wanted to have higher educated younger generations.
Effect: The literacy rate was high in New England but much lower for women than men. -
Thomas Hooker "Fundemental Orders"
Cause: A minister who disagreed with Puritans over authority and believed women should be included in suffrage.
Effect: He and his followers went west to write the Fundamental Orders that began Conneticut. -
The Bay Psalm Book
Cause: The printing press was gaining popularity and in operation in English Colonies.
Effect: American English publication was established. -
Navigation Acts
Cause: King James didn't want Anglican forms of worship in Puritan towns because it violated local autonomy.
Effect: Prevented colonies from trading directly with any colony other than England. -
King Phillip's War
Cause: Indians were unhappy about being pushed around and having their land taken away.
Effect: a war between the Indians and Puritan colonies for land. -
Glorious Revolution
Cause: King James had alienated himself from parliament so they replaced him with his daughter Mary and her husband William.
Effect: Mary and William agreed to the Bill of Rights. -
Constitutional Monarchy
Cause: Mary and William agreed to the Bill of Rights after King James 2 had alienated Parliament.
Effect: This made monarchs more of a figurehead and gave more power to the people. -
Salem Wiitch Trials
Cause: A group of girls claimed to be bewitched and began a string of harsh accusations against the innocent.
Effect: This showed the suspicion people had in women with no children or widows who supported themselves.