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This was a major movement in Western Christianity in 16th century Europe. It challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, and the reformation that followed marked the beginning of Protestantism. It was an event that followed the Renaissance, and it was one of the events that signified the end of the Middle Ages. It was kick-started by the invention of the printing press, and the writing of ´Ninety-five Theses´ by Martin Luther in 1517. -
A group of young men set out to start a settlement for England in 1607. They landed in would would soon be Virginia, on the coast of North America. They named their settlement after their king, James. Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent settlement in North America. -
The longest and most destructive war in European history. It was mostly fought in Central Europe, and its estimated that anywhere between 4.5 and 8 million deaths, solider and civilian alike, occurred. The primary cause of the war was the forced conversion of protestants to Catholicism, put in place by Ferdinand II. The war ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. -
Slavery in Virginia began when the European settlers started to capture and enslave Native Americans. They worked primarily in tobacco fields. African American slaves were brought to the area in 1619. As they slave trade grew, enslaved people were typically forced to do their labor in plantations. The slaves were a mixture of Natives, poor whites, and west Africans, in the form of indentured servants, traded slaves, and captured peoples. -
This was the first permanent English colony in New England, and the second colony in America. It was settled by passengers on board the Mayflower, and eventually occupied most of southeast Massachusetts. It started the American tradition of Thanksgiving. The colony was founded by a group of Puritan separatists, who came to be known as the Pilgrims. It chased freedom from religious persecution, and the entire society was based on their own beliefs. -
A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against Virginia settlers. After Colonel William Berkeley refused his request to drive Indians out of Virginia, Bacon rallied thousands of Virginians against Berkeley, chasing him from Jamestown. The rebellion was the first rebellion that involved discontent frontiersmen. -
A series of wars from 1688 to 1763 occurring in North America and preceded by the Beaver Wars. Some of the conflicts involved the Spanish and the Dutch, but all pitted Britain and its colonies against France, the French colonies, and their indigenous allies. They each wanted to take control of the central territories of America, the Hudson Bay Area, and the American fur trade. -
The Glorious Revolution was a term used to describe the transition between the deposition of James II of England, and his replacement by his daughter, Mary II, and her husband, William III of Orange. It was described as the last successful invasion of England, and as an internal coup. It was completed with almost no bloodshed-- however, it created a major crisis among America´s English colonies, spurring rebellions and insurrections from Carolina to Massachusetts. -
King William's war was a war between England and France, fought in America, over control of America. It was an extension of the Nine Year's War in Europe, and it was essentially a power struggle between the leaders of these countries. After the new king of England overthrew the old king, the old king fled and worked with the French king to restore both his power and Catholicism in Europe, causing the war. -
Women in Salem were suspected of witchcraft, so many of them were put on trial. They either plead guilty or were killed. This started because of accusations made when a group of girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and started accusing women of witchcraft.