Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
US History APUSH
APUSH Period 2 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | Queen of England/Ireland from Nov. 17, 158, until her death in March, 1603 |
| Joint- Stock Company | A company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 |
| Virginia Company | Joint- stock company that was approved by King James I to create new settlements in the colony of Virginia |
| John Smith | Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author |
| Pocahontas | Daughter of Powhatan; saved John Smith from his captors; her marriage to John Rolfe sealed peace agreement of Anglo- Powhatan War |
| Tobacco | A preparation of the nicotine- rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying/fermentation for smoking/chewing for a number of years to pay their passage |
| Indentured Servant | Penniless persons who bound themselves to work for a number of years to pay for their passage |
| Headright System | Parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America |
| Act of Toleration | Statute that permitted all forms of Christianity exercised however one pleased |
| Protestant Reformation | Started in England when King Henry VIII broke with Roman Catholic Church and created the Church of England |
| Pilgrims | Person who journeys to a place for either religious/ adventurous reasons |
| Puritans | Member of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete |
| MA Bay Colony | English settlement on East Coast of North America, founded by John Winthrop |
| Mayflower Compact | First agreement to be self governed in a part of the New World |
| John Winthrop | English Puritan layer who helped to found the MA Bay Colony |
| Protestant Ethic | The view that a person's duty is to achieve success through hard work/thrift |
| Roger Williams | 1638 founder of the First Baptist Church in America |
| Squanto/Massasoit | Leader of Wamponoag returning Squanto to his home |
| New England | Northeastern region of US compromising of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island |
| Dominion of New England | Administrative union of English colonies coveringNew Englad and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies |
| Sir Edmond Andros | English colonial administrator in North America; was governor of Dominion of New England |
| Salutary Neglect | Policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England |
| Middle Colonies | Consisted of four colonies with British America, intermediate between New England/Southern Colonies within those 13 colonies |
| Chesapeake | Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian |
| Bacon's Rebellion | Armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginians against rile of Governor William Berkeley |
| Chattel | An item of property other than real estate |
| Plantations | Estate on which crops are cultivated by resident labor |
| Salem Witch Trials | A series of hearings/prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts |
| Harvard College | Est. 1636 by vote of MA Bay Colony |
| Stono Rebellion | A slave rebellion and use the largest slave uprising in British mainland colonies |
Created by:
claire0
Popular U.S. History sets