Colonial Test Review
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emerdemer101 on November 13, 2007
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Puritans | wanted to purify church-settled in Jamestown |
| Salem Witch Trials | happened in Massachusetts-1692-hysteria |
| Town Meetings | 1st form of democracy |
| Mayflower Compact | created on Nov. 11th, 1620-stating Plymouth was officially a colony |
| House of Burgesses | 1619- first meeting held-1st representative legislative body in the New World |
| Legislative Branch | makes laws |
| Proprietary Colony | colony given to an individual or group by British crown;separate laws and gov. granted *rent the land |
| Cash Crop | crops that are sold for money in market |
| Quakers | group of people in Pennsylvania who believed all people were equal |
| Triangular Trade | trade from North America (sugar, tobacco, cotton) to Europe (rum, textiles, manufactured goods) to Africa (slaves) |
| Magna Carta | 1215; made to limit King John's power |
| William Bradford | founder of Plymouth, Massachusetts-Nov. 9th, 1620-separatist;wanted to separate from church |
| Ferdinando Gorges | founder of New Hampshire |
| Thomas Hooker | founder of Connecticut |
| John Winthrop | founder of Massachusetts Bay-1630-wanted to purify the church of England |
| Roger Williams | founder of Rhode Island-thought gov. had too much power |
| John Smith | leader of Jamestown-kept colony together till 1608 |
| Plymouth | in Massachusetts-founded on Nov. 9th, 1620-helped by Squanto which led to 1st Thanksgiving-William Bradford;settled there (separatists) for religious freedom-NE colony |
| Jamestown | in Virginia;founded in 1607 (leader was John Smith)-faced starvation (1609-1610), malaria, no fresh drinking water, and settlement was on swampy area-cash crop was tobacco-Middle Colony-*IST PERMENANT SETTLEMENT |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | founded by John Winthrop for religious freedom (Puritans-wanted to purify the church)-NE colony-1630 |
| New York/New Netherlands | named after Duke of York-Middle colony-1624-Minuit-trading center |
| Connecticut | 1636-NE colony-Thomas Hooker-religious freedom+expand trade-gov. had too much power |
| Delaware | 1638-Dutch/Swedish Settlers-exploring Atlantic Coast-Middle Colony |
| New Jersey | Middle Colony-originated from New York-1664 |
| New Hampshire | NE colony-1622-wanted to profit from trade-Gorges |
| Rhode Island | 1636-Roger Williams-religious freedom-thought gov. had too much power-NE Colony |
| Pennsylvania | 1681-Middle Colony-William Penn.-Quakers settled there |
| Maryland | 1632-Lord Baltimore-build a colony for Catholics-Southern Colony |
| Georgia | southern colony-1732-James Oglethorpe-wanted a new colony where debtors could make a fresh start |
| Virginia | southern colony-*JAMESTOWN 1607 1ST PERMENANT SETTLEMENT |
| Carolina's | southern colonies-1663-group of 8 English settlers-started out as 1 colony but split into 2 |
| John Locke | gain knowledge by observing+experimenting (1600-1700s) |
| Ben Franklin | use reason to improve the world (lightening rod, biffocals) |
| William Penn | Quaker-founder of Pennsylvania-thought gov. had too much power |
| James Oglethorpe | founder of Georgia |
| Lord Baltimore | founder of Maryland-wanted to build a colony where Catholics could practice their religion freely |
| Pilgrims (separatists) | Mayflower----->Plymouth-Nov. 9th, 1620-wanted to separate from church |
| Squanto | Native American-helped pilgrims-led to first Thanksgiving |
| Apprentice | worked for a master to learn a trade-work+live w/ master |
| Enlightenment | 1600-1700s-use reason, not superstition to understand the world |
| Mercantilism | a colony exists for the benefit of the mother country |
| George Carteret | one of the founders of New Jersey |
| Peter Minuit | founder of NY |
| Protestant Reformation | a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches |
| English Bill of Rights | King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people. |
| Great Awakening | Religious revival movement in the colonies |
| Act of Toleration | Guaranteed toleration for all Christians. |
| Royal Colony | A colony under the direct control of a monarch |
| Slave codes | laws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people |
| Parliament | a legislative assembly in certain countries |
| Navigation Acts | Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade |
| John Mason | One of the founders of New Hampshire |
| John Edwards | Preacher in New England who helped set off the Great Awakening |
| John Peter Zenger | A New York editor whose trial for seditious libel backfired on the government; the jury found that truth was a defense for libel. |
| Anne Hutchinson | American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) |
| Pocahontas | a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617) |
| John Berkeley | *one of the founders of New Jersey-He participated in the exile of the royal family, in 1652, and was placed at the head of the Duke of York's establishment, having the management of all the Duke's receipts and expenditures |
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