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Lesson 1: Part IV
English Colonization of North America, Phase II
Term | Definition |
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George Fox | Shoemaker with a powerful belief that helped with the Quaker's success. |
Quakers | Radical religious sect, upheaval during the English Civil War. Believed anyone's interpretation of the Scripture was as valid as anyone else's. |
William Penn | Quaker, believed in the Inner Light. Eventually led the Quaker's to Pennsylvania. |
Lenni Lenape | Delaware Indians. Penn learned to native tongue so he could trade with the Indians without any misinterpretations(Needed their land). |
Holy Experiment | Quaker attempt to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania. |
Savannah Indians | |
Anthony Ashley Cooper | Persuaded Carolinians to invest their own capital; devised the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina. |
New Amsterdam | (New York City) Dutch West India Company outpost on Manhattan Island. |
Leisler's Rebellion | German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of New York colony's south. |
French Huguenots | Located in Craven County, did not trust the Barbadians. |
Barbados | Caribbean Island which produced sugar and depended on slave labor. Became over populated and people turned to Carolina. |
Edmund Andros | Royal governor who had autocratic control over the New York colony. |
patroon system | distributed large tracts of land to individuals, who in turn had rights to the land, its resources, and the people living on the land. |
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina | Cooper a created local aristocracy; "Balance of Government" between aristocracy and democracy. |
Frame of Government (Pennsylvania) | Gave Penn the right to create any form of government he wanted. |
Inner Light | Quaker belief: people could attain greater spiritual perfection with the help of the Lord. Anyone could be saved. |