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what is a joint-stock company?
- business owned by a large number of investors
- used to finance the risky enterprise of colonization to form English colonies
who are puritans? what did they believe in?
- believed that the Church of England could be reformed, or purified
who are the quakers? what did they believe in? where are their beliefs popular/take root in?
- believed religious authority was found within each person and not in the bible or any outside source
- believed in gender equality and to reject violence and military service
- their beliefs took root in Pennsylvania
who is roger williams? what did he do?
- a puritan minister who believed that the individuals consciousness was beyond the control of any civil or church authority
- founded the community of providence in rhode island after his banishment
- allowed for religious freedom and payed natives for use of their land
who is johnathon edwards? what is he known for? what did he say?
- one of the best known leaders of the great awakening
- congregational minister from massachusetts
- presented a God that was angry with sin
- said that ones who deeply resented would be saved, but those who didn't would suffer eternal damnation
what is the halfway covenant? what did it result in?
- to maintain church influence and membership, the covenant allowed people to become partial members of the congregation even if they had not yet had a conversion
- puritan practices weakened
what is the headright system?
- virginia tried to attract immigrants through land offers
- each immigrant that paid for their own passage or any plantation owner that paid for an immigrants passage got 50 acres
who is phillis wheatley?
- an enslaved west African that published a collection of her poems and was freed shortly after
what is the triangular trade? who gave what to who?
- a three-part trade route that connected north america, africa, and europe
1) new england would carry rum to West Africa. the rum would be traded for hundreds of native captives
2) the ship would set out on the middle passage and the slaves whos survived would be traded in the west indies for sugar cane
3) the ship would reutrn to New England where sugar would be sold to be made into rum
what is bacon's rebellion? against what government was the rebellion? why did he do it?
- bacon led a rebellion against berkely's government
- they resented the control a few large planters had over the Chesapeake, so he gathered volunteeres, and led massacres and raids against native villages
- he also burnt down jamestown.