Responsibilities of English Monarch
bond by law, not above the law; share power with Parliament
Upper House of Parliament
House of Lords
Lower House of Parliament
House of Commons
Views of John Calvin
human depravity, predestination
human depravity
humans born 100% evil
predestination
the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by God
Puritans
Calvinists in England, members of church of England, protestant-noncatholic christians
Roanoke
first attempted english North American colony
John Rolfe
English Settler, Married Pocahontas, grew Tobacco
1619 Virginia
House of Burgesses, Headright System, seeds of slavery
seeds of slavery
labor for tobacco, population that looks different
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1619.
Headright System
Headrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.
Governor's Council
The upper legislative body in Royal Government
John Winthrop
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Goals of Massachusetts Bay Colony
perfect church with perfect political system; city upon a Hill for England to follow
Anne Hutchinson
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views, points out everything wrong with Calvinism
Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania/ Delaware
founded for religious purposes
Virginia and Massachusetts
founded as joint stock
Maryland, New York/ New Jersey, Carolinas, Pennsylvania/Delaware
founded as proprietary
Georgia
Trusteeship
King Henry II
chose governor for PA
Monarch
chose the governor for VA after 1624
Maryland
safe haven for Catholics
Pennsylvania
Safe haven for Quakers
Rhode Island
complete religious freedom
Baltimore (Calvert)
founded Maryland
Penn
Founded Pennsylvania
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina
practiced staple crop agriculture
South Carolina
major crop - rice
New York/ New Jersey, Pennsylvania/ Delaware
produced cereal products
Carolinas
highest slave numbers
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina
tobacco produced
Rhode Island 2
self governing
bicameral
colonies had what kind of legislature
France
lost American colonies (7 years war)
England
went into debt (French and Indian war)
Frances
sided with North America (French and Indian War)
Appalacian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763 halted settlement west of
Sugar Act
neutralize debt (passed by Parliament)
Declaratory Act
Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act
Sugar/Stamp/Townshed/Tea Acts
regulatory
Declaratory
Non- regulatory
Stamp Act
first widespread colonial protest after passage of
Daughters and Sons of Liberty
most effective groups to organize boycotts of British products
repealed it; passed Declaratory Act
Parliaments reaction to colonial opposition to the Stamp Act
Response to Declaratory Act
tried to compromise w England
Glass, oil, tea, paper, paint, silk
Townshend act taxed
all but tea
Townshend act repealed
Paul Revere
engraving of Boston Massacre
lowered price
Tea act affect on tea
Lexington and Concord
First shots of the American Revolution
Loose conferdeauion of states
type of govt during/after revolution
voters
white land-owning males over 21
Articles of Confederation
first form of government created by British North American colonist
Northwest ordinance
significant accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation
New states can be added to the union; new states with equal original states
Northwest ordiance
north
region abolished slavery after revolution
south
granted religious freedom after the revolution
cotton
slavery spread bc of economic importance
James Madison
author of the Constitution
bill of rights
found in constitution ; constitution protects individual rights
Great Compromise
Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
3/5 Compromise
Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
Slave Trade Compromise
Slave trade would continue for 20 years until 1808.
electoral college
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
New Jersey Plan
upper house follows
Virginia plan
lower house follows
New Jersey plan
smaller states preferred
yes
south wanted slaves
35
presidents required age
30
senators required age
25
House of Rep required age
House of Representatives
popularly elected according to Constitution
6 year s
senators serve for
2 year
House of Representatives term