The Southern Colonies
Daughter of Powhatan Leader, helps maintain peace with Jamestown colonists and Powhatan Natives
Pocahontas
This Protestant group-wanted to reform the church, or "purify" it
Puritans
Members of the Religious Society of Friends, believed the equality of men and women before God
Quakers
Religious movement that swept through the colonies during the 1730s and 1740s
Great Awakening
All 13 of the English colonies were created with sole goal of doing what?
Making money/ a profit
First successful colony in North America
Jamestown, Virgina
This group wanted to completely separate themselves from the Church of England, to avoid persecution
Pilgrims
This man founded Pennsylvania to be a safe haven for Quakers
William Penn
A system where goods and slaves were traded between America, Britain, and Africa
Triangular Trade
A food that is a primary source of nutrition and energy for a population
Staple Crop
These were people who moved to North America, and to pay for their travel they would work for a certain amount of years to pay it off.
Indentured Servants
This was a legal contract that agreed to fair laws, written and signed by the first settlers of Plymouth Rock
Mayflower Compact
These three states made up the middle colonies
NY, NJ, and Pennsylvania
This is the name of the journey enslaved Africans took on slave ships to the Americas, called so because it was the halfway point of the slave trade.
The Middle Passage.
A written grant by a legislative (law-making) power, through which a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.
Charter
Who took control of Jamestown, instituted a policy of "you don't work, you don't eat!"
John Smith
This woman publically discussed and argued about religious ideas, which resulted in her being kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Anne Hutchinson
List 2 Staple crops of the middle colonies
Wheat, barley, oats
Spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society, also known as the "Age of Reason"
Enlightenment
This person appoints colonial governors to the colonies, and has the ultimate authority over the laws in the colonies
This cash crop helped Jamestown become a profitable colony for the Virginia Company
Tobacco
This state was formerly known as "Providence" and was a safe colony for those with progressive ideas.
Rhode Island
New Netherlands is now known as...
New York
This War would last 9 years and put Britain into a lot of debt, and eventually leads to the American Revolution
The French and Indian War
This man was kicked out Massachusetts for his "dangerous" ideas, creates his own colony called Providence
Roger Williams