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Levi LaPrad Unit #1
unit 1 vocab and due 8/31 at midnight
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jamestown | The first successful and permanent English colony in north america |
| joint stock company | group of investors that share the profits and losses of a colony |
| john smith | person that helped Jamestown survive with his leadership |
| john Rolfe | person that introduced tobacco growing in Jamestown, made is successful |
| indentured servant | 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 a native american chief that helped Jamestown by providing food |
| house of bergusses | first representative government in north america, located it virginia colony |
| separatists | also called the pilgrims, wanted to break from the english church |
| plymouth | name of the colony that the separatists 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 |
| puritans | religous group that wanted to stay in english church and reform it |
| massachusetts bay | the name of the colony the puritans established |
| therocracy | type of government in which religious leaders make the laws |
| John Winthrop | governor of massachusetts bay, leader of puritans |
| william bradford | governor of plymouth, leader of pilgrims |
| city on a hill | name of a speech given by John winthrop that says massachusetts will be and example of religious faith and hard work |
| thomas hooker | founder of conneticut colony |
| roger williams | founder of rhode island, wanted peace with native americans |
| rhode island | The first colony that allowed religious freedom |
| anne hutchinson | women that challenged leadership of massachusets bay by holding her own church meetings |
| new netherland | dutch colony that became new york, encouraged tolerance |
| quakers | religious group that settled in pennslyvania |
| first great awakening | religious movement that swept through the colonies in early 1700s |
| george whitefield | famous preacher in the first great awakening that traveled all over the colonies |
| jonathan edwards | first great awakening preacher who preacher the serman sinners in the hands of an angry god |
| middle passage | journey slaves took from africa to the americas |
| triangular trade | network of trading between americas, africa, and europe exchanging raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves. |
| merchantilism | the economic system where a mother colony sends manufactured goods in exchange for materials |
| georgia | founded as a buffer colony and a place for the poor to work off their debts |
| debtor | a person who owes money to another |
| james oglethorpe | founder of georgia |
| cash crops | crops that are sold in order to make profits in global markets |
| overt | ways in which slaves fought back that were obvious; ran away or lead rebellion against owners |
| passive | ways slaves resisted that were not obvious; they slowed down work, broke equipment, or faked illnesses |
| navigational acts | series of laws that only allowed colonies to trade with great britian |
| separatists | religious group that wanted to break away from church of england |
| france | country in europe that colonized canada and mississippi river valley |
| spain | country in europe that colonized south america, mexico, and the southwest |
| william penn | leader of quakers that signed a treaty with the natives |
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