Section 1
A willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.
Religious Tolerance
A colony under direct control of the English crown.
Royal Colony
Catholic colony
Maryland
The people who had almost no rights
Slaves or Native Americans
Private teachers.
Tutor
Puritans
New Amsterdam becomes
New York
People who owed money and could not pay it back
Debtors
The three legs of the route formed a triangle
Trianglar trade
Supported by taxes, rich and poor kids could get an education.
Public Schools
Settlers discussed and voted on many issues
Town Meetings
Owners of huge estates
Patroons
Religious freedom for all Christians
Act of Toleration
Economic theory that a nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade.
Mercantilism
Top of society:Wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, and successful lawyers.
Gentry
Male church members elected people to the
General court.
The king gave land to one or more people in return for yearly payments.
Proprietary Colony
Lord ********* asked King Charles 1 to grant him land so he could build a colony for Catholics.
Baltimore
Merchants from New England were called
Yankees
Huge religious movement of the 1730s-1740s.
Great Awakening
Metacom, also known by his English name, King Phillip, was chief of
Wampanoag Indians
A religious group that lived in Pennsylvania
Quakers
Divided middle colonies from Southern colonies.
Mason-Dixon Line
The English Parliament passed a series of acts to ensure that only English ships would benefit from colonial trade
Navigation Act
How long did indentured servants have to work in America?
4-7 years