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Rhea D Unit #1

Date due 8/31 @12:00 am- Unit 1 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Jamestown the first successful and permanent English colony in North America
joint-stock company group of inventors that share the profits and losses of a colony
John Smith person that helped jamedtown survive with his leadership
John Rolfe the person that introduced tobacco growing in Jamestown, made it successful
indentured servants a person that agrees to work for 7-10 years in exchange for free passage to America, given freedom and land at the end of their contract
Powhatan group of native americans that helped and also fought with the jamestown settlers
Pocahontas daughter of the native american chief that helped jamestown by providing food
House Burgesses first representative government in north american located in virginia colony
Seperatists also called the pilgrims, wanted to break from the church of england
New E name of the colony that the sepraratists established for religous freedom
Mayflower Compact government of the pilgrims that set up majority rule in their colony
Squanto native american that helped pilgrims by showing them how to grow food using fish as a technique
Purtians religous group that wanted to stay in the church of england and reform it
Massachusetts the name of the colony the purtians established
Theocracy type of government in which religous leaders make the laws
William Bradford governer of massachusetts bay, leader of the pilgrims
John Winthrop governer of plymouth, leader of the pilgrims
City on a hill name of a speech given by john winthrop that says massachusetts will be can example of religous faith and hard work
Thomas Hooker founder of the connecticut colony
Roger Williams the founder of rhode island, wanted peace with the native americans.
Rhode Island the first colony that established religous freedom
Anne Hutchinson woman that challenged the leadership of massachusetts bay by holding her own church meeting
New Netherland dutch colony that would become new took encouraged tolerance
First Great Awakening religous movement that swept through the colonies in the early 1700s; a revival that led to more religous tolerance and more churches
George Whitefield famous preacher in the first great awakening that traveled all over the colonies
Jonathan Edwards first great awakening pracher who preached the sermon sinnners in the hads of an angry god
The Middle Passage the journey slaves took from africa to the americas
Triangular Trade a network trading between the americans, europe, and africa exchanging raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves
Quackers religous group that settled pennsylvania and believed in equality between men and women
Mercantilism the economic system in which a mother country sends manufactured goods to its colonies in exchange for raw materials
Georgia founded as a buffer colony and a place for the poor to work off their debts
debtor A person that owes money to another
James Oglethorpe founder of the georgia colony
cash crops crops that are sold to make profits in a global market
Passive Resistance ways in which slaves resisted slavery that were not obvious; they ran away or led a rebellion againt their owners
Overt Resistance ways slaves resisted slaver that were not obvious; they slowed down work, broke equipment, faked illnesses
Navgation Acts laws passed by parliament that regulated trade in the colonies so that only england benefited (Colonies could only trade with great britain)
William Penn leader of the quackers that signed a treaty with the native americans
France catholic nation that colonized america profit off the fur trade with natives
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