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US HISTORY
US HISTORY Chapter 2.4 and 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| William Penn | Son of a wealthy military admiral who was part of the society of friends(quakers) who later gets a land charter from Charles II to Pennsylvania |
| New Netherland | Capital of the dutch colony New Amsterdam. Later becomes new york after the duke of york takes it over. |
| New Amsterdam | Dutch colony which was based on the fur trade. Eventually the colony accepts all types of people and they are taken over by England |
| Peter Stuyvesant | leader of new netherland |
| Proprietor | Owner of a colony |
| Quakers | Society of friends or people who believed everyone was equal. Dressed plainly, refused to fight in war, and hated by everyone |
| Mercantilism | theory which stated that, money brought into a country, must always be more than brought out. Drive towards self sufficiency. |
| Balance of trade | sell more goods than a country buys |
| Navigation acts | laws that said the colonies could only sell its products to england As well as other specifications pertaining to trade. |
| shawn oomen | useless piece of garbage that is doing nothing but wasting valuable human resources |
| Dominion of new England | area from southern maine to new jersey united into one colony by james II |
| Glorious Revolution | when james II was replaced by mary and william of orange because james was a stupid faggot. |
| salutary neglect | beneficial neglect involved England relaxing its enforcement of navigation acts upon the colonist in return for economic loyalty from the colonies |
| cash crop | one crop grown for sale rather than planters own use |
| planters | owners of large profitable plantations, they controlled most of the South's economy. They controlled political and social institutions. Only took about 10% of the population. |
| small farmers | formed majority of the population. |
| women | had second-class citizenship. They had few legal or social rights: they could not vote, preach, or own property. |
| indentured servants | They were lower on the social pyramid than women. They were mostly young white men. |