The Colonies
The diversified economy of this New England region relied primarily on these
fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
Describe King Phillip's War
Also known as Metacom’s War, King Philip’s War (1675–1678) was an ongoing battle between English colonists and the American Indian inhabitants of New England. The English victory expanded their access to land that was previously inhabited by the natives.
What was the headright system?
A policy where a colonial government grants a set amount of land to any settler who paid for their own—or someone else’s—passage to the New World.
A poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor, often in turn for transportation or protection.
An Indentured Servant
What was Triangular Trade?
The name for the three way system of trade between America, Europe, and Africa
Define what Corporate, Royal, and Proprietary Colonies were
Corporate - Operated by joint-stock companies such as Jamestown
Royal - under direct rule by a crown government official, example: Virginia
Proprietary - under authority of individual charter grants of ownership by the king, example: Maryland and Pennsylvania
This European community's settlers most categorically rejected North American Indian culture and worldviews
Puritans
First colonial statute that granted religious freedom to all Christians, it also called for the death of those who did not accept Jesus in his divinity.
The Act of Toleration, 1649
This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in black slavery and decrease in indentured servitude.
Bacon's Rebellion
Virginia was famous for exporting this crop
tobacco
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse
Middle colonies
How did European colonization of North America intensify conflicts between colonizers and Natives?
There were competitions and conflict over land and resources in the colonies
Caused more people to convert to Christianity and more denominations of the religion
The (1st) Great Awakening
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves
Stono Rebellion
Describe mercantilism
Mercantilists believed that money (gold and silver) was power and that the more gold you accumulated the more power you had. To get the gold, a country had to export more than it imported. In essence, mercantilist countries try to export (sell) as much as possible, while importing (buying) as little as possible, thus building up their gold reserves.
The first joint-stock company in the colonies, it also founded Jamestown
The Virginia Company
In 1649, this became the first law granting a degree of religious toleration in the colonies.
Maryland Act of Toleration
an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part
Bacon's Rebellion
During the 17th Century this form of labor was the most popular
indentured servitude
Describe the 'Middle Passage'
The leg of Triangular Trade which transported Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.
This was the first representative assembly in North America, created in Virginia (1619).
House of Burgesses
During the era before the French and Indian War, this resulted in the colonies being left alone to develop their own economic and political institutions.
Salutary Neglect
This individual openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders, and was later expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony
Anne Hutchinson