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Communal system in Jamestown where everyone placed the fruit of their labor in a common storehouse
What was the common-store system
Largest group of immigrants in America
What were the English
Roads connecting large cities to which mail was carried
What was post roads
Routes that passed through Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a triangular pattern
Society of Friends
Who were the Quakers
Strangers
Non-separatists who voyaged on the Mayflower
A servant who became a free man after fulfilling his contract
What was an indentured servant
The belief that work is a gift from God and a way to glorify Him
What was the Puritan Work Ethic
First written constitution in America
What was The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
limited the power of the king and created a representative council
What was the Magna Carta
Passed in Maryland in 1649 granting religious freedom to anyone professing to be a Christian
What was The Toleration Act
Another name for the middle colonies; given because they were the foremost producer of grain
What was the Bread Colonies
signed document that established a political body, recognizing the need for rules and laws
What was the Mayflower Compact
a system where most of the manufacturing is done by the entire family in the home
What was the domestic system
form of church government which says that every body of believers should be independent and self-governing
What was Congregationalism
Winter of 1609-1610 when settlers were forced to eat dogs, horses, rats, and mice
What was known as Starving Time
Imaginary line that separated Portuguese territory from Spanish territory
What was the Line of Demarcation
Economic system that focuses on the ownership and use of land
What was feudalism
Movement that began in Germany and brought a radical return to Biblical Christianity
What was Protestant Reformation
Act that established the first public education system in America
What was the Olé Deluder Satan Act
Crusade to drive out the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula
What was the Reconquista
Landowners began to enclose their land with fencing for farming purposes and forced laborers off their property, resulting in high unemployment
What was the Enclosure Movement
What was The Wilderness Road
What was Enlightenment
Theory that kings can rule as they please because they have been ordained by God to rule
What was the divine right of kings