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HISTORY Midterm
Midterm Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Act Of Toleration | Maryland Law that provided religious freedom for all Christians It did not extend to Jews. Made to protect the rights of Catholics to worship freely. |
| Alliance | Agreement between nations to aid and protect one another. |
| Burgesses | A Representative to the colonial Virginia government |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explores who claimed land in America for Spain |
| Debtors | People who owed money but couldn't pay back |
| Patroons | Owners of huge estates |
| Persecution | Mistreatment or Punishment of a group of people because of there beliefs |
| Proprietary Colony | Colony in which the king gave lad to proprietors in exchange for yearly payment. |
| Royal Colony | Colony under direct control of the English crown |
| Slave codes | laws that control the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans And denied them basic rights. |
| Why did Southern Agriculture need enslaved Africans | The needed slaves has field workers on large plantations |
| Why was the colony Maryland founded | Catholics in Maryland had Religious Freedom |
| What was the economy like in New England Colonies | they could not farm much make money from shipbuilding had lots of fishing and iron |
| What was the economy like in the middle colonies | made money from farming manufacturing craft and ironwork's |
| why was Lord Baltimore ownership of Maryland different from colonial ownership | He owned it by himself |
| How did Lord Baltimore attract setters to Maryland | They could practice religion freely and he gave land to does who brought slaves men and indentured servants |
| What was New Amsterdam popular trading product | Beaver furs |
| How did they increase there agricultural production | They granted large parcels of land to a few rich familes |
| The population of towns were made up of of many African slaves | 1/4 |
| What did Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Connecticut have in common | They started because of religious freedom |
| What is a cash crop | crops sold for profit |
| What ended conflicts between England and the Netherland | The governor had a few weapons and little gunpowder. Because of Harsh Rule and Heavy Taxes couldn't raise an army so he surrendered to the English without firing a shot. |
| What happen because the Duke Of York Thought the colony was to big | He gave some land to friends who set up a proprietary colony called New Jersey |
| Why was the colony Maryland started | Sir George Calvert wanted to be a colony where the Catholics could worship freely |
| What was Charleston original name | Charles Town |
| Swampy lowlands is good for what type of crop | Rice |
| Who founded Georgian And why was it Founded | James Oglethorpe To solve social problems and defend this northern colonies from the Spanish in the south |
| What are Navigation Acts | Regulated trade between England and its colonies made to make sure that only England benefited from trade with its colonies |
| How was colonial status determined | By wealth and birth |
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