section 1
settlers discussed and voted on many issues
town meetings
owners of these large estates
patroons
the belief that one race is superior to others.
racism
the English parliament passed a series of acts to ensure that inly England benefited from Colonia trade.
navigation acts
Publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a persons reputation.
Libel
holy day of rest
sabbath
the king gave land to people in return for a yearly payment.
proprietary colony
treated enslaved africans not as humans but as property.
slave codes
list of freedoms the gov promised to protect
bill of rights
top of the society
gentry
willingness to let others practice there own beliefs.
religious tolerance
colony under dircect control of the English crown
royal colony
religious freedom for all christians
act of toleration
goods brought into a country
imports
farmers who worked their own land
middle class
voting rights to all land owners
fundamental orders of Connecticut
protestant reformers that were despised in England
qaukers
Nathaniel bacon organized angry men and women and they raided Native American villages
bacons rebellion
goods sent to markets outside of a country
exports
lowest class of society. hired farm hands, slaves.
indentured servants
right to vote for govner to all male church members.
general court
crops that were sold at market for money.
cash crops
a plant to make valuable
indigo
protected the rights of individuals
English bill of rights.
huge religious movement during the 1730s-1740s.
great wakening