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Ch. 6 Jones

Life in Colonial America

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New England colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Triangular Trade Trading routes that formed a triangle.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies (Middle) colonies of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
Southern Colonies colonies of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Magna Carta (1215) also known as the "Great Charter". This guaranteed Englishmen the right to a fair trial by their peers and forced the king to obtain the consent of a council of nobles before imposing any new taxes.
Bill of Rights 1689 (English Bill of Rights) Guaranteed that Englishmen had certain rights.
House of Burgesses First representative assembly of Jamestown Virginia.
Mayflower Compact Pilgrims agreed to this self government before they got off the boat.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Document written by Thomas Hooker and established self government.
John Peter Zenger Published a newspaper accusing the Governor of New York of corruption. This man was put on trial and established the right of the press to criticize those in power, as long as it was the truth.
Pilgrims Founded Massachusetts and also known as separatists.
Puritans Landed in Massachusetts Bay in 1630 and wanted to purify the church.
Great Awakening Emphasized the power of religion in people's lives.
Mercantilism Trade of the colonies in order to benefit the "Mother Country".
Atlantic Slave Trade Trade that helped disperse African slaves throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Cotton Mather A second generation New England theologian who was left in charge of the largest congregation in New England. He became one of the most influential men in the colonies.
Phillis Wheatley Was an African who was kidnapped and brought to the colonies as a slave at the age of seven. She wrote poems about Christian salvation.
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