Brinkley Ch. 2 Vocab
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| Chesapeake | The Chesapeake Colonies were important to the developing English empire in the 17th century because they provided tobacco, a cash crop. Jamestown was developed here
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| Virginia Company | A joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish an English colony in North America and make a profit for its shareholders
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| Jamestown | The name of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, established in 1607
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| House of Burgesses | The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body in British North America, and was part of the governing body of Virginia; established laws for Jamestown
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| Bacon's Revolution | Bacon's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Virginia's colonial government that took place from 1676 to 1677
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| William Berkeley | Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) was the governor of Virginia who was the subject of Bacon's Rebellion
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| Nathanial Bacon | Nathaniel Bacon is known for leading Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, an armed uprising against the Virginia colony's governmen
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| Lord Baltimore, George Calvert, Cecilius Calvert | Cecil Calvert was the son of George Calvert, he became the second lord Baltimore and was given the propietary control of Maryland after his father died in 1634
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| royal colony vs. charter colony | A c colony is a colony that received a charter from a king to create a colony; given to groups, like a joint-stock company; not directly ruled by the king and use a form of self-government. A royal colony is a colony directly ruled and owned by the king.
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| Pilgrims/Separatists | The Pilgrims were Separatists who held Brownist beliefs and wanted to break away from the Church of England
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| Mayflower Compact | The Mayflower Compact was a social contract signed by the Pilgrims on November 11, 1620, to establish a government for Plymouth Colony
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| Plymouth Colony-‐ William Bradford | William Bradford. A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks.
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| Great Migration-‐internet | The migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North, which held promises of jobs, during and after World War I
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| Massachusetts Bay Company-‐ John Winthrop | John Winthrop — Puritan Leader and 1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| Anne Hutchinson (antinomianism) | Anne Hutchinson is an example of a Puritan spiritual leader in who challenged religious doctrines of her time. Antinomianism, is a view that God's grace frees Christians from the need to follow established moral precepts.
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| Roger Williams | Roger Williams was a Separatist leader and the founder of the colony of Providence Plantations, which became Rhode Island. He is best remembered for his advocacy of religious freedom and separation of church and state.
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| Pequot War | Conflict between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with American Indian allies (the Narragansett, and Mohegan Indians), against the Pequot Indians
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| King Philip’s War | King Philip's War was a series of conflicts between Native Americans and English settlers in New England that took place from 1675 to 1676.
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| Quakers | Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, are known for their beliefs in spiritual equality, pacifism, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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| William Penn | enn, an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.
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| Carolinas | In 1669, the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina established a manorial system with a small number of powerful nobles governing serfs and nobility; tobacco
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| James Oglethorpe | James Oglethorpe was a British General and member of the house of parliament. He formed the colony of Georgia in 1732
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| -‐know the three colonial regions-‐ be able to describe characteristics of each | New England : dense forests, hills, rocky land, a cold climate, and long winters. Middle: strong trade economy due to their location on the sea South: Rural
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| Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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| Navigation Acts | The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce with other countries and with its own colonies.
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