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SS Midterm
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| colony in North America run by the king | royal colony |
| wanted to make the Anglican Church more pure | Puritans |
| colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle | charter colony |
| Separatists on a religious journey | pilgrims |
| criticizing church officials | heresy |
| landowner who ruled their estate like tiny a king/food | patron |
| blue gold | indigo |
| colony that was run like a business | proprietary colony |
| society of friends and pacifists | Quaker |
| the Lost Colony and founded by Sir Walter Raleigh | Roanoke |
| large fleet | armada |
| pirates | sea dogs |
| farm crop raised to be sold for money | cash crop |
| a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast | Tidewater |
| a region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater | Backcountry |
| run plantations and are cruel to slaves | overseers |
| the theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth | mercantilism |
| American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won | Patriot |
| American colonists who remained obedient to Britain and opposed the war for independence | Loyalist/Tori |
| trading illegally with other nations | smuggling |
| companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a moment's notice | minutemen |
| a formal request with signatures | resolution |
| led by Samuel Adams, led street demonstrations, burned effigies, and ransacked homes of royal officials | Sons of Liberty |
| speak out against leaders and weaken established government | sedition |
| dominate especially be force and intimidation | coercive |
| seriously important | earnest |
| incoming money | revenue |
| person that doesn't fight and is opposed to war and violence | Pacifist |
| gunpowder or explosives | ammunition |
| to cancel an act or law | repeal |
| person who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops | tenant farmer |
| assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman | apprentice |
| religious settlement | missions |
| person or county that owes money | debtor |
| information used to influence people's opinions | propaganda |
| boys, dockworkers, and drunks throw things at the British and in the confusion someone yelled fire and 5 colonists were killed | The Boston Massacre |
| nicknames for the British | Regulars, Redcoats, Lobster Backs, and Bloody Backs |
| safe place for storing ammunition | powder house |
| a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies | militia |
| a secret storage place | cache |
| refuse to buy | boycott |
| rag figures | effigies |
| take away, remove | deprive |
| take possession of | seize |
| take away weapons | disarm |
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