The colonies took advantage of this British policy to work out trade agreements to acquire needed resources.
What is Salutary Neglect
100
This movement in Europe quickly spread to America. It was inspired by John Locke, Isaac Newton, and other thinkers who looked to human intelligence for truth.
What is the Enlightenment
100
Colonial culture and society was largely shaped by the religious beliefs and practices of this group, who migrated in the colonies seeking religious freedom
What is the Puritans
100
This settlement was the first expedition of the Virginia Company; it was almost entirely composed of male traders.
What is the Jamestown settlement
100
The greatest conflict within the colonies was not among the colonists, but with whom?
What is the Native Americans
200
The cultivation of this crop in the West Indian islands drove the slave trade further into the American colonies
What is sugar
200
This Virginia self government was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America.
What is the House of Burgesses
200
This wave of religious revivals that began in New England in the 1730's swept across all the colonies through the 1740s
What is The Great Awakening
200
European migrants to the American colonies seeking land to cultivate often had to first become a part of this labor system.
What is indentured servitude
200
The event of the overthrow of King James II of England by British Parliament is often referred to as this
What is The Glorious Revolution
300
These acts, enacted by the British parliament, listed several items that could be traded with only Britain.
What is The Navigation Acts
300
This man was heavily inspired by enlightenment thought and founded the American Philosophical Society. He went on to become was of the most influential men in American History.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
300
William Penn designed this colony as a refuge for his fellow members of the society of friends.
What is the Pennsylvania colony
300
The Chesapeake and North Carolina colonies grew prosperous by exporting this labor intensive crop.
What is tobacco
300
This 1676 rebellion revealed the tensions between the poor back country and the wealthy gentry.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
400
Britain's chief economic philosophy was this, which had a goal of maintaining a favorable balance of trade.
What is Mercantilism
400
In 1686, James II took direct British control over the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Bay charters to form this royal province
What is The Dominion of New England
400
This group of Christian pacifists came to the American colonies in the late 1600s
What is the Quakers
400
This group of Christian pacifists came to the American colonies in the late 1600s
What is the Quakers
400
In this 1739 slave rebellion in South Carolina, slaves hoped to gain freedom by fleeing to Florida
What is the Stono Rebellion
500
In 1751, Parliament passed this act, which barred the New England colonies from establishing new land banks and prohibited the use of paper money to pay off debts.
What is the Currency Act
500
This philosophy states that God created the world, but does not interfere in every day human affairs.
What is Deism
500
This man was one of the most influential, accomplished, and popular preachers of the Great Awakening. He was not born in the colonies.
What is George Whitefield
500
Planters in Virginia and Maryland used this system to encourage new settlement of land and solve the labor shortage issue.
What is the "headright system"
500
This rebellion in New York against the Dominion of New England was successful, but was met with an overwhelming amount of criticism