Ch. 3 Vocab
What kind of community is it when they create their own laws rather than an outside ruler?
Self-Governance
The basic substances and elements used to make products.
Raw materials
An agreement between nations to fight each other’s enemies; a partnership.
Alliance
What does burgeoning mean?
To grow quickly
What can you tell about the Southern colony region?
Warm climate, long growing season, economy based on plantation agriculture, rural and spread out, Anglican church
A written grant establishing an institution and detailing members’ rights and privileges.
Charter
A person under contract to work, usually without pay, in exchange for free passage to the colonies.
Indentured servant
The refusal to take sides or become involved.
Neutrality
What is a person who is trained to help deliver babies?
Midwife
What can you tell about the New England colony region?
Rocky soil, cold climate, economy based on fishing, shipbuilding, and trading, self-government, religious freedom
A company whose shareholders own stock in the company.
Joint-Stock Company
Who is a person who betrays his or her own people, nation, or cause?
Traitor
A principle or policy accepted by a group.
Doctrine
What were the Protestant religious revivals called?
Great Awakening
What can you tell about the Middle colony region?
Fertile soil, mild climate, medium-scale farming of wheat and oats, ironworks and lumbering, most diverse region and religious tolerance
What contract did the Pilgrims sign before they landed in North America?
Mayflower Compact
An agreement among several groups, states, or governments to protect and support one another in battle or other endeavors.
Confederacy
A colony ruled by a monarch through an appointed governor.
Royal colonies
What is the legislative body of England?
Parliament
Describe the events surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
John White settled 115 settlers in 1587 and returned to England for supplies, when he returned 3 years later Roanoke was deserted and CROATOAN was carved into a tree
A founding document of the Connecticut colony that listed 11 laws and stood as the framework for governing the colony.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A person with ownership of a colony, including the right to manage and distribute land and to establish government.
Proprietor
A person who disagrees with a majority position or opinion.
Dissenters
What was the policy of England to not enforce laws in the colonies?
Salutary neglect
Describe the events from Bacon's Rebellion.
Nathaniel Bacon rallied settlers who were unhappy over high taxes and lack of land to attack Native American tribes and march on Jamestown to demand their rights and burned it to the ground in 1676