Politics and Power
Concept which illustrated that the colonies served only to provide raw materials and as a market of consumers to the mother country
Mercantilism
Jamestown eventually became part of this colony
Virginia
This three-part trade system connected the Americas, Africa, and Europe
Triangular trade
This colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse
the Middle Colonies
This uprising by poor farmers was caused by resentment over the economic and political control exercised by several large planters in the Chesapeake region
Bacon's Rebellion
The elected lower house in the legislative assembly in the New World established in the colony of Virginia in 1619
the Virginia House of Burgesses
The three motivations for Spanish colonization (the 3 G's)
God, Gold, Glory
This colonial region focused mainly on lumber, shipbuilding, and fishing
the New England colonies
A small group of dissenters who believed in the power of one's "inner light," or the power of God residing in the soul of that individual; they were led by William Penn
Quakers
Spanish system of granting land to colonists in the New World; this system exploited Native Americans and resources
Colonies under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king; ex: Maryland, Pennsylvania
Proprietary colonies
Term used to describe the brutal sea voyage from Africa to the Americas in the 18th and 19th centuries that took the lives of nearly one million enslaved Africans
the Middle Passage
French and Dutch colonial relationships with American Indians were based primarily on trade alliances for this good
Fur
A movement characterized by enthusiastic expression of religious feeling among masses of people in the colonies
the Great Awakening
These people were under contract with a master or landowner who paid for their passage (and room and board) in exchange for 4-7 years of their labor
Indentured servants
This conflict resulted in the lasting defeat of New England's Indians and the beheading of Wampanoag Chief Metacom
The first governing document of Plymouth colony drafted by the Pilgrims
The Mayflower Compact
These series of laws stated trade to and from the colonies can only be carried out by English- or colonial-built ships and goods imported into the colonies had to pass through English ports
the Anglican Church/the Church of England
This American Indian alliance, reaching from the St. Lawrence Valley to the Eastern Great Lakes, successfully resisted both Native and colonial challenges during the 18th century
Iroquois Confederation
The first written constitution in American history which established a representative government consisting of a legislature elected by popular vote and a governor chosen by the legislature
the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This system attempted to get more people to the colonies by offering landowners 50 acres of land to anyone who paid the passage of a new arrival
the headright system
The unofficial and long-lasting 17th and 18th century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England
Salutary Neglect
This person proposed the Puritan ideal of a "city upon a hill"
John Winthrop
Act that was passed in Maryland that guaranteed acceptance of all Christians
Act of Toleration