England
People in England believed this would solve their socio-economic problems.
Colonization
Formed in 1607, it was a corporation of wealthy, London-based merchants.
The Virginia Company
The Dutch West India Company establishes this colony in 1609
These people believed that the Anglican Church (Church of England) too closely resembled the Catholic Church, and so wanted to purify it.
Puritans
English documents written in 1215 and 1689 respectively.
Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
These are formed when a number of people pool their capital together to fund a business venture.
Joint-Stock Company
This settlement was in a swampy, mosquito-infested area, which spread diseases, killing many of the first colonists there in 1607.
Jamestown, VA
This type of conflict ultimately resulted in an overthrow of the Governor of New Netherland, renaming the colony New York in 1664.
Trade wars between the English and the Dutch
Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and the Salem Witch Trials were all examples
Religious purging, or intolerance, in New England
Established the idea of the right to a fair trial
Magna Carta 1215
Participants thought that all problems could be solved using reason and that there were natural laws that applied to politics.
The Enlightenment
This colony was founded primarily as a refuge for Catholics in 1632.
This colony was founded by a famous Quaker
Pennsylvania
Colony founded in 1630, north of Plymouth.
Massachusetts Bay
Virginia House of Burgesses
This movement helped colonists realize that if they could choose their own method of worship, then they could also choose their own form of government.
The Great Awakening
The Carolinas
These were the types of crops grown in the Middle Colonies.
This was the prevailing (dominant) attitude towards people of other Religions.
Staple Crops, Religious Toleration
King Phillip's War in 1675 was an example of this ongoing trend in the colonies
Conflict with Native Americans
An agreement between colonists in which they promised to form a government and obey that government
Mayflower Compact
The Navigation Acts were England's first attempts to regulate trade as a part of this economic policy.
Mercantilism
This colony had strict rules mainly because of the types of people who lived there (debtor's and prisoners).
Georgia
These were not as prevalent in the Netherlands, and so not many Dutch actually migrated to the colonies.
Push Factors
This is what John Winthrop meant when he called Massachusetts Bay a "City Upon a Hill"
A shining light or example to the rest of the world.
England's two-part legislative branch that was formed after Magna Carta and is still active today.
Another name for legislative branch.