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Chapter 2

The Planting of English America 1500 - 1733

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Virginia Company A joint-stock company: based in Virginia in 1607: founded to find gold and a water way to the Indies: confirmed all Englishmen that they would have the same life in the New World, as they had in England, with the same rights: 3 of their ships transported
Iroquois Confederacy The Iroquois confederacy was nearly a military power consisting of Mohawks, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Senecas. It was founded in the late 1500s. The leaders were Degana Widah and Hiawatha. The Indians lived in log houses with relatives. Men dominated, but a p
Squatter A person who settles on land without title or right: Early settlers in North Carolina became squatters when they put their small farms on the new land. They raised tobacco on the land that they claimed, and tobacco later became a major cash crop for North
Primogeniture A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in the family received all of his father's land. The nobility remained powerful and owned land, while the 2nd and 3rd sons were forced to seek fortune elsewhere. Many of them turned to the New Land for thier
Indentured Servitude Indentured servants were Englishmen who were outcasts of their country, would work in the Americas for certain amount of times as servants.
starving time The winter of 1609 to 1610 was known as the "starving time" to the colonists of Virginia. Only sixty members of the original four-hundred colonist survived. The rest died of starvation because they did not possess the skills that were necessary to obtain
Act of Toleration A legal document that allowed all Christian religions in 1649 around Maryland: Protestants invades the Catholics religion from Protestants rage of sharing the land: Maryland became the #1 colony to shelter Catholics in the new world.
Royal Charter A document given to the founders of a colony by the monarch that allows for special privileges and establishes a general relationship of one of three types: (1) Royal-direct rule of colony by monarch, (2) Corporate-colony is run by a joint-stock company,
Slave Codes IN 1661 a set of "codes" was made. It denied slaves basic fundamental rights, and gave their owners permission to treat them as they saw fit.
Yeoman An owner and cultivator os a small farm.
Proprietor A person who was granted charters of ownership by the king: propriety colonies were Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware: proprietors founded colonies from 1634 until 1681: a famous proprietor is William Penn.
Longhouse The chief dwelling place of the Iroquois Indians: c. 1500s-1600s: ;onghouse served as a meeting place as well as the home for many of the Native Americans. They also provided unity between tribes of Iroquois Confederacy.
James Oglethorpe founder of Georgia in 1733: soldier, statesmen, philanthropist. Started Georgia as a haven for people in debt because of his interest in prison reform. Almost single-handled kept Georgia afloat.
John Smith John Smith took over the leadership role of the English Jamestown settlement in 1608. Most people in the settlement at the time were only there for personal gain and did not want to help strengthen the settlement. Smith therefore told the people, "people
nation-state a unified country under a ruler which share common goals and pride in a nation. The rise of the nation-state began after England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. This event sparked nationalistic goals in exploration which were not thought possible with the
Slavery the process of buying people (generally Africans) who come under the complete authority of their owners for life, and intended to be worked heavily.
Enclosure caused by the desire of land-owning lords to raise sheep instead of crops, lowering the needed workforce and
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