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Unit 4 notecards
notecards for Unit 4 in History period 7.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Factor | cause |
| Religious Persecution | Mistreatment of a person because of his/her religious beliefs or practices. |
| Headright System | Colonists paid their own way to Virginia and received 50 acres of land also. Get an additional 50 acres for anyone else brought over including family or servants. |
| Representative Government | A government in which citizens are elected to do the work of the government for the larger group. |
| Refuge | A safe place |
| Authority | power or right to rule |
| Starving Time | In 1609 settlers arrived in Jamestown. That winter, disease and famine once again hit the colony. The colonists called this the _____________ __________ |
| Bacon's Rebellion | When the governor tried to stop him, bacon and his followers attacked and burned Jamestown in an uprising known as __________ _______________. |
| Royal Colony | A colony owned by a king or queen. |
| Indentured Servant | A colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years. |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony that's government is controlled by the owners. |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | This bill made it a crime to restrict religious rights of Christians. |
| Slave Codes | Laws passed in the colonies to control slaves. |
| Middle Passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies. |
| African Diaspora | The population of displaced Africans and their descendants around the world. |
| Triangular Trade | Trading networks in which goods and slaves moved among England, the American colonies, and Africa. |