HIST 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Royal African Company, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Beaver Wars
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Articles of capitulation (1644): english policies regarding dutch residents of new amsterdam. Ability to leave new york within 18 months. Free trade and freedom of movement within the english empire. Bacon"s rebellion (1676): uprising led by nathaniel bacon; consisted of poor white men, free blacks, and enslaved people; temporarily drove colonial governor william berkeley from. Participants opposed the government"s moderate policy toward local indians and concentration of landholding in elite hands. Barbados slave code (1661): english america"s first slave code that prescribed different treatment for enslaved africans and white servants. Beaver wars: 70-year conflict between iroquois and huron over access to diminishing beaver hunting grounds in today"s mid-atlantic. Dominion of new england (1685-1689): union of english colonies imposed by the english monarchy. Comprised eight contiguous (touching borders) colonies under one governor, edmond. Andros dissolved representative assemblies, jailed dissidents (person who opposes official policy), and imposed taxes on lands already owned outright.
