Map virginia colony 650

APUSH chapters 3-4 1600-1770s

By juliad41

  • mayflower compact

    we will obey the govt. we elect

  • Puritans diven out of england

    charles 1 dissolves parliament and kicks out the puritans. take with them democratic style of running a church. when est.ing new communities they build thier govt.s around democratic church systems
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    Navigation Acts

    Britain attempts to keep south atlantic trade system closed
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    european wars

    england comes out on top and very powerful
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    Southern agriculture booming

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Nathanial Bacon leads group of angry colonists against (Jamestown?) in objection to the lack of thier voice in govt. and thier inability to defend themselves legally against indians repercusions:
    -to avoid other uprisings, wealthy landowners start using slave labor in stead of indentured servants
    -westward movement is encouraged
    -lower taxes

  • Pennsylvania Est.

    Charles 2 gives Penn family colony to repay debt

  • Frame of Govt.

    govt. depends rather on men than men on govt. -- William Penn

  • Dominion of New England

    James 2 tries to assert royal power over mostly autonomous new england. appoints edmun andros

  • Glorious revolution

    Absolutist monarchy replaced by constitutional monarchy. James 2 killed, replaced by william & mary. year later the English Bill of Rights published, establishing that govt. serves the people and limiting the crown's power

  • 2nd Treaste of Govt.

    John Locke. life, liberty, property & right to overthrow illegitimate govt.

  • Board of Trade

    est. in order to try and increase british control of colonies but colonial assemblies still grow in importance

  • 20,000 slaves in america

  • new ideas have reached america

    scientific reasoning govt by social impact
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    population boom

    pop. incrases by 4x and causes crisis in freeholder system
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    Quakers arrive en mass in Pennsylvania

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    Salutary Neglect

    American Colonies left to its own devices during the rule of George 1 & 2. Developed by Robert Walpople

  • Scots-Irish immigration surge

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    American Englightenment

    diesm

  • size of average family decreases due to pop. boom

  • German immigration surge

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    middle colony economic boom

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    great awakening

    partially a response to the enlightement, pietism

  • Hat Act

    passed by england to try and reap full benefits of mecantalist system. america was producing its own manufactured goods, so it wasn't buying as much from england. in order to get america's bussiness back, england makes making hats in america illegal

  • Stono slave rebellion

    leads to slave codes and harsher controls

  • War of Jenkins Ear

  • mish mosh of people start to have issues

    religious and cultural differences start to pose a problem in the middle colonies, especially to do with indian policy
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    begining of industrial rev

    england's economy booms
    colonies overspend

  • the Currency act

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    French and Indian war

    1) wins England a lot of lan
    2) strains anglo-american relations b/c both feel that they have won the war. england is unhappy to have to pay more and more taxes

  • Essay Concerning Human Understanding published

    Locke writes about tabula rassa and the importance of edu
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    uprising against powerful/wealthy west

  • slaves make up 1/3 of southern population

  • Equiano publishes autobiography