US History 1 Chapter 2 + 3 Vocab
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 certufucate or permission from the king to make new colonies | charter |
| a buisness venture (to make new colonies) run by a group of investers who were to share inthe companies profits and losses | joint stock company |
| powerful chief in the area of Jamestown who united the 30 tribes of indians in the area. Father of pocohonas | Powhatan |
| a colonist who emerged as a strong leader discribed virginia as "overgrown with trees and weeds, being a plaine wilderness as God made it" | john smith |
| in virginias the first representative body in america | house of burgesses |
| colonies that belonged to the crown | royal colonies |
| colonies that belonged to powerful individuals or companies | proprietary colonies |
| marched his armed followers to Jamestown in a revolt against the colony and the indians | bacons rebellion |
| led georgia trusties to design their colony as a haven for english debters | james oglethrope |
| people who wanted to purify the anglican church | Puritan |
| puritans who began their own church | separitists |
| crossed the atlantic in the ship the Mayflower to found the Plymouth Colony on the south shore of Massachusettes Bay | pilgrams |
| an agreement made by approx. 100 pilgrams stating the new laws and stating that people have to obide by these self governed laws | Mayflower compact |
| led a large group of puritans to america in 1630 | john winthrop |
| founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious beliefs. | roger williams |
| banished from Boston for religious views said God spoke to her | anne hutchinson |
| broke out because of rivalry over control of the trade, coupled with in | pequot war |
| a massive Indian rebellion where all native amercans in New England were killed | king philips war |
| a chief who the king philips war was named after | metacom |
| poor immigrants who payed for passage to the colonies by agreeing to work for 4-7 years | indentured servant |
| A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa | triangular trade |
| shipers carried the enslaved africcans from africa to america across the atlantic slaves stayed on the bottom of the ship and often suffered from trauma | middle passage |
| first AA to publish poems was a slave in bosten but his owner allowed him to learn to read and write | phillis wheatley |
| an english document in which limited the power of the king and provided citizens their basic rights | magna carta |
| legislative body of a government | parlement |
| garenteed rights of english citizens | english bill of rights |
| constitution saying no one can be held in prison with out charges being filed | heabus corpus |
| british policy allowing colonies virtual self rule as long as Great Britain was gaining economically | salutary neglect |
| economic policy under which a nation accomulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports | marchantilism |
| british trade laws enacted by Parliament that regulated colonial commerse | navigation acts |
| movement in which european philosopers believed that societys problems could be solved by reasoning and science | elightement |
| one of the only colonist wo head financial needs to build his life around the persuit of knowledge | ben franklin |
| Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established. | great awakening |
| crops grown in steady demand that is needed for the colony | staple crop |
| crop exported or grown for sale | cash crop |
| elementary school during colonial times opperated out of a womans house | dame school |
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