During this time, colonists became angry and began attacking friendly Indians. Eventually, conflicts arose and lasted for twenty years, leading to Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. John Rolfe, a colonist who discovered the cultivation of tobacco, married Pocahontas to form peace. During the rough winters, the Powhatan Confederacy of Indians gave them food and other tips. Transcript: The colonists in the Southern colonies had friendly relationships with the Natives at first. Very diverse: Anglican, Quakers, Dutch Reformed, Puritans, Lutherans, Mennonites, Huguenots, Baptists, Jews, German Reformed, Church of England, etc Small, dispersed settlements "The Middle Colonies." The Middle Colonies. "13 Colonies and Their Reasons for Founding." Flashcards. The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution officially made indentured servitude illegal.Transcript: None Chesapeake THE ENGLISH COLONIES strict rules on religion Puritan Separatists were dominant Males had ALL authority Elite education devoted to ministry Politics in hands of Puritan "saints" All taxes went towards church Close-knit community because of church Town meetings ran by selectmen Common to have By: Knicki Bergman, Jana Phillips, Brayden Vinal, Emily Prendergast, and Alexis Crook Bibliography most religious tolerant very disorganized society Social tension between Protestants and Catholics MOST religiously tolerant place in the world Large, dispersed settlements Many slaves Church not very important None Definitions Many dissenters Religion played minor role in politics and economy seeking religious freedom Middle Atlantic New England witchcraft conjectures "Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America." Women had more freedoms Brinkley, Alan. This is a reason why indentured servitude faded away. Laws were passed making it easier to get Africans to work on the fields than indentured servants. As a result, the colonies began to import enslaved Africans to work there for life with no pay. However after Bacon's Rebellion, in which many servants rebelled against their overlords, many people didn't trust indentured servants. They usually worked on the field and tended crops. In return the indentured servant would work for a certain number of years on the colony to pay back the money. An indentured servant was a person that immigrated to the colonies for a better life for free because someone sponsored them. Before this, people who would immigrate to Virginia and to other colonies were usually either rich people or people fleeing from religious persecution. The Virginia company came up with a solution for that. Indentured servants came because the ever growing colonies desperately needed cheap labor. Providence became part of the colony of Rhode Island in 1663.Ī group of Puritans who wanted to separate completely from the Church of England (rather than reform it).Īn English Puritan lawyer who was one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Many Quakers inhabited the colony of Pennsylvania.įounded the colony of Providence in 1636, after being pushed out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for criticizing Puritanism. Some Puritans escaped religious persecution in England by moving to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.Ī religious group that believed in nonviolence, gender equality, and resistance to military service. Thousands were killed on both sides before the English forces won the war, effectively ending most Native American resistance in New England.Ī series of acts passed between 16 that established three rules of colonial trade: first, trade must be carried out only on English ships second, all goods imported into the colonies had to pass through ports in England and third, specific goods, such as tobacco, could be exported only to England.įounded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a safe haven for Quakers.Ĭolonies that were under the authority of individuals that had been granted charters of ownership, like Maryland and Pennsylvania.Ī group of Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England. A military conflict in which the Wampanoag and Narragansett tribes of southern New England joined together to fight against English colonists’ westward expansion. Portsmouth and Providence joined to become Rhode Island in 1663.Īlso known as King Philip's War. Hutchinson and her followers founded the colony of Portsmouth in 1638. A document that established a representative government in Connecticut, featuring a legislature elected by a popular vote and a governor elected by the legislature.Ī religious compromise that allowed colonists in New England to become partial church members even if they had not had a religious conversion experience.īanished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her belief that salvation was based on faith, not good deeds.
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