Society
John Winthrop's associated colony
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
British colonial policy during the reign of George I and II which allowed the rise of American self governance
What is salutary neglect?
The transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
Caused by the prices of tobacco dropping, conflicts with Native Americans, and former indentured servants.
A phrase coined from John Winthrop's sermon in order to warn the colonists that would found Massachusetts
What is "City Upon a Hill"?
Religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s characterized by emotional preaching about mankind's sinfulness and need for God
What is the Great Awakening?
What is tobacco?
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Occurred in 1739, when enslaved Africans acquired weapons and tried to escape to Florida.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
A colony were the king directly rules the colony
Orthodox members of the clergy who believed that revivals and emotional preaching were unnecessary
Who are Old Lights?
Found of Pennsylvania and a Quaker, treated Natives fairly and promoted equality
Who is William Penn?
Southern colonies production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo along with Bacon's Rebellion and the end of indentured servitude led to an increased dependence on this institution; caused division between colonial regions.
What is Slavery?
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
An English philosopher during the 17th century he argued that the power of government comes from the people, not the divine right of kings and he offered possibility of a revolution to overthrow tyrants.
Who is John Locke?
Modern thinking members of the clergy who strongly believed in emotional preaching
Who are New Lights?
A charter colony that consisted of private land owners maintaining rights that are usually the rights of the state
Proprietary Colony
An economic theory which a colony or nation exists for the benefit of a mother country because the capital of a country is best increased through a favorable balance of trade and a mother country can advance these goals by encouraging exports and discouraging imports.
A series of battles in 1675 New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wampanowogs. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over local Native tribes.
What is King Philip's War?
A charter colony having a royal charter granted to a company or group of people
What is a Corporate Colony?
Was established in 1636 and is the oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. and it was created in order to train Puritan ministers
The first elected legislative assembly in the colonies
What is the House of Burgesses?
A series of laws which limited foreign trade in the colonies
What are the Trade and Navigation Acts?
In 1637, conflict between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with American Indian allies (the Narragansett, and Mohegan Indians), against other Native Indians. This war saw the elimination of a tribe in New England, and is an example of the Puritan use of genocide towards Native Americans.
What is the Pequot War?
An English general who founded the colony of Georgia and he was a social reformer in England and by establishing this colony he hoped to resettle England's debtors to the New World
Who is James Oglethorpe?