did not want to separate entirely from the church of England, but hoped to reform the church by introducing simpler forms of worship.
Puritans
owners of those large estates
Patroons
religious freedom for all christians
act of toleration
economic theory that nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade
mercantilism
top of society wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, and successful lawyers
gentry
Right to vote for Governor to all male church members, eventually electing representatives to assembly
General Court
the king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment
Proprietary Colony
Nathaniel bacon organized angry men and woman and they raided a Native American village and then they burned down the capital of Jamestown
Bacons Rebellion
goods sent to markets outside a country
exports
farmers who worked their own land skilled craftworkers and some tradespeople
middle class
holy day of rest
Sabbath
colony under the direct control of the English crown
Royal Colony
a plant to make a valuable blue dye
indigo
goods brought into a county
imports
lowest social class, hired farmhands, slaves signed contracts to work without wages for a period of four to seven years for anyone who would pay their ocean passage to the Americans
Indentured servants
settlers discussed and voted on many issues
town meetings
Protestant Reformers who were despised in England
Quakers
people who owed money and could not pay it back
debtors
the English parliament passed a series of acts to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade
Navigation act
supported by taxes rich and poor kids could get an education
public schools
willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Religious Tolerance
crops that are sold for money at market
Cash crop
treated enslaved Africans not as human but as property
slave codes
the three legs of the route formed a triangle
triangular trade
huge religious movement of the 1730's- 1740's
great awakening