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== | == British North American colonization == | ||
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| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | | '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | ||
* | * 1497: John Cabot 1st expedition to North America | ||
* 1603: King James I crowned | |||
* 1606 First Charter of Virginia | |||
* 1607 Jamestown settlement | |||
* 1608 Separatist group moves to Holland | |||
* 1618 Great Charter (established VA self-governance) | |||
* 1620 Mayflower Company/ Plymouth settled by Pilgrims | |||
* 1622 Jamestown Massacre | |||
* 1624: Virginia Company abolished; royal Colony | |||
* 1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | |||
* 1642: House of Burgesses | |||
|| '''BIG IDEAS''' | || '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
* | * Joint Stock Company: shared ownership for commercial venture; used by England for 1st colonies | ||
* Virginia Company: to establish colonies & find gold (didn’t) | |||
* Headright System: land grant for brining laborers to colonies | |||
* Indentured servants | |||
* House of Burgesses: | |||
** legislature, governing body of VA colony | |||
* Separatists: wanted autonomous congregations “separate” from Church of England | |||
* Puritans: anti-papal/ anti-Catholic, wanted to “purify” English Churches | |||
* Pilgrims: separatists group sailed to Plymouth from Holland | |||
* Mayflower Compact: Pilgrim contract for self-rule | |||
* William Bradford: became Plymouth Colony governor; wrote book “On “Plymouth Plantation” | |||
John Winthrop: Mass Bay Colony leader, called it “city upon a hill”; insisted on church rules | |||
“A Model of Christian Charity”: Winthrop sermon declaring Christian mission of the colony | |||
|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | ||
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