Unit 1
What event was led by John Winthrop who drove 15,000 settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What is the Great Migration?
What is a joint-stock company?
A private (not state) company of shareholders
3/5ths Compromise
slaves in allowed states count as 3/5ths of a person in voting
What 2 states made up the Chesapeake Colonies?
What is Virginia and Maryland?
Everyone has a fixed amount of wealth, exporting more than importing in trade, and wanting more profit
What is mercantilism?
THe Shot Heard Round the World
Lexington vs. Concord
British meet colonists and fire along the road, forcing a British retreat
What is the Act of Toleration?
Escaping religious persecution, granting religious freedom to all Christians in England
What were the Middle Colonies made up of? (4)
What did the Stamp, Townshend, Sugar, etc. Acts of tension lead to
AMERICAN REVOLUTION!!
A rebellion leading an army of settlers to rebel against royal authority in Jamestown.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
What were the Navigation Acts
British leads 4,500 troops up a steep cliff and wins through high ground
Battle of Quebec
a contract between two individuals, in which one person worked not for money but to repay an indenture, or loan, within a set time period.
What is indentured servitude?
What age did humanism, the Great Awakening, and independence from the "divine king" come from?
The Enlightenmentš”
How did the 7 Years War / French-Indian War end?
Treaty of Paris of 1763
France gives up territories in North America