came to America to escape religious persecution from King James; planned to go t Jamestown and landed in Plymouth; traveled on the Maylower
What is Pilgrims?
100
freedom of the press came from this case
What is Zenger Trial?
100
a document that all the men on the Mayflower signed saying that they were still loyal to England and pledged to obey all laws for the good of the colony
What is Mayflower Compact?
100
a person who brought more than 50 settlers to New Netherland would receive a large land grant
What is patroon systems?
200
the site the Pilgrims landed on; "America's Hometown"
What is Plymouth?
200
men and women who could not afford passage to America and were sold labor to people who could; worked for set amount of years in America before they were free
What is indentured servant?
200
swept over the colonies emphasizing science and resson as the paths to knowledge
What is Enlightenment?
200
1600; stated that all goods had to be shipped on British ships and products such as sugar and tobacco could be sold only to England and its colonies
What is Navigation Acts?
200
shadowing someone at their job
What is apprenticeships?
300
the first permanent English settlement; tobacco industry started here
What is Jamestown?
300
an Italian explorer who "discovered" America
What is Christopher Columbus?
300
religious movement swept over the colonies; led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield
What is Great Awakening?
300
Benjamin Franklin's plan of union for the colonies against the French; Join or Die
What is Albany Plan of Union?
300
a hands off policy
What is salutary neglect?
400
became New York; founded by the Dutch; had religious tolernace
What is New Netherland
400
the Native American group nearly wiped out by Cortez's invasion; dominant in Mexico
What is Aztecs?
400
first battle of the American Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
400
forbade all settlement past a line in the Appalachian mountains; issued by King George
What is Proclamation of 1763?
400
an economic system to enrich Europe's treasury
What is mercantilism?
500
the trip the slaves endured to the West Indies; 1/3 of slaves died
What is the Middle Passage?
500
first name Hernan; Spanish conquistador; nearly wiped out the Aztecs
What is Cortez?
500
a clash over control of the Northwest Territory
What is Battle of Fallen Timbers?
500
issued by King George saying that all American colonists must house British soldiers no questions asked
What is Quartering Act?
500
a state's annual income from which public expenses are met