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unit 1 colonies Voc

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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 it successful
indentured servant 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 a Native American chief that helped Jamestown by providing them food.
House of Burgesses First representative government in North America, located in Virginia colony.
Separatists Also called Pilgrims, wanted to break from the church of England.
Plymouth Name of the colony that the Separatists established for religious freedom.
Mayflower contract 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.
Puritans Religious group that wanted to stay in the church of England and reform it
Massachusetts Bay the names of the colony the Puritans established.
Theocracy type of government in which religious leaders make the laws
John Winthrop governor of Massachusetts Bay, Leader of the Puritans.
William Bradford Governor of Plymouth, leader of the Pilgrims
City on a hill named of speech given by John Winthrop says Massachusetts will be an example of religious faith and hard work.
Tomas Hooker founder of the Connecticut colony.
Roger Williams founder of Rhode Island and wanted peace with Native Americans
Rhode Island the first island, wanted peace with Native Americans
Anne Hutchinson woman that challenged the leadership of Massachusetts Bay by holding her own church meetings.
New Netherland Dutch colony that would become New York, encouraged tolerance.
Quakers religious group that settled in Pennsylvania.
Quakers believed in equality between men and women, slavery was evil, and they could experience God though an "inner glow".
The first great Awakening religious movement that swept though the colonies in the early 1700s.
First Great Awakening Revival that lead to more religious tolerance and more churches.
George Whitefield famous preacher in the first great awakening who preached the sermon sinners in the hands of angry god .
Jonathan Edwards First Great awakening preacher who preached the sermon sinners in the hands of an angry god.
Middle Passage the journey slaves from Africa to the Americas.
Triangular trade a network of trading between the Americans, Europe and Africa exchanging raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves.
Mercantilism the economic system in which a mother country sends manufactured goods to its colonies in exchange of raw materials.
Georgia founded as a buffer colony and a place for poor work off their debts.
Debtor a person that owes money to another.
James Oglethorpe Founder of Georgia colony.
Cash crop Crops that are sold in a global market.
Overt Ways in which slaves fought back that were obvious; they ran away or led rebellion against their owners.
Passive Ways slaves resisted that were not obvious; they slowed down work, broke equipment, faked illnesses.
Navigation Acts Laws passes by Parliament that regulated trade in the colonies so that only England benefited
Separatists Religious group that wanted to break away from the church of England.
Navigation Acts Series of laws that required colonies to only trade with Great Britain.
France Country in Europe that colonized Canada and the Mississippi River Valley.
Spain Country in Europe that founded colonies in South America, Mexico. and the Southwest
William Penn Leader of the Quakers that signed a treaty with the Native Americans.
Spain Catholic nation, colonized the Americas for gold and to convert Natives to Christianity.
France Catholic nation that colonized America off the fur trade with Natives.
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