APUSH Unit 2

Process of European nations establishing settlements in the Americas for various motives and methods.

Focused on extracting wealth through cash crops, gold, and silver, converting natives to Christianity, and implementing a caste system.

Emphasized trade over conquest, especially in fish and fur trade, with few settlers marrying Native Americans for economic partnerships.

Established fur trading centers for economic gains, showed little interest in converting natives, and set up New Amsterdam for trade.

Motivated by economic opportunities, land expansion, religious freedom, and improved living conditions.

First British permanent colony in North America, financed by a joint stock company, initially focused on gold and silver mining.

Revolutionized Jamestown's fortune, attracting investment and labor from indentured servants.

Labor system where individuals worked for a set period to pay for passage to the colonies.

Uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor Berkeley due to lack of protection from Native American raids.

Settled by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom, established thriving agricultural and commercial economies.

Colonies in the Caribbean growing tobacco and later sugarcane, heavily reliant on African slave labor.

Economic system focusing on accumulating wealth through favorable trade balances and colonial resources.

Laws requiring trade with English colonies and ships, contributing to the growth of the British Empire.

Trade route involving rum, enslaved people, and sugar cane between New England, West Africa, and the West Indies.

Enslaved Africans forced into labor in export economies, perpetuated through strict slave codes and chattel slavery.

Significant slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739, showcasing resistance against the institution of slavery.

Wampanoag chief led attacks against British in New England

Movement emphasizing rational thinking over tradition and religious revelation

Inborn rights from a creator, not government

Legislative, executive, judicial for power balance

People give power to government for protection of natural rights

Christian ministers preaching against enlightenment's loss of faith

Religious revival in colonies led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield

Colonies becoming more English

Seizing colonial men for forced service in the Royal Navy