Vocabulary
What is a Dissenter?
Someone who disagrees with the beliefs of the Church and could be punished.
Who founded the first English colony at Roanoke?
Walter Raleigh
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement for self-government signed by the Pilgrims in 1620.
How many people were accused and executed during the trials?
200 accused, 20 executed.
Who led Native Americans in King Philip's War?
Metacom
What is a Joint-Stock Company?
A business funded by investors who share profits and losses.
What crops were grown in the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco, rice, indigo.
What did Massachusetts create in the 1640s?
Common schools so children could read the Bible.
Why do you think Bishop was ultimately executed?
Her reputation, flashy clothing, and public arguments made her a target; she was convicted and hanged.
What effect did King Philip’s War have on Native Americans in the region?
Native Americans suffered from disease, hunger, lack of weapons; thousands died including Metacom.
What are the Navigation Acts?
British trade laws controlling colonial commerce.
Who helped Jamestown settlers survive by trading corn?
The Powhatan tribe.
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams.
Why were landowning women targeted?
They challenged traditional gender roles and threatened societal norms.
What caused the French and Indian War?
Conflict over land in the Ohio Valley between French and British.
Who were Indentured Servants?
People who worked for a set number of years to repay passage to the colonies.
What was the House of Burgesses?
The first representative assembly in the colonies (1619).
What was subsistence farming?
Growing just enough food for one’s family.
What is the line on the map dividing?
Salem Village (poorer farmers) and Salem Town (wealthy merchants)
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris (1763)
What is a Charter?
A written grant of rights from the king to establish a colony.
What was the Lost Colony?
Roanoke Island, where settlers mysteriously disappeared.
What industries supported the New England economy?
Fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding.
Who wrote the “Discourse on Witchcraft”?
Cotton Mather – a Puritan minister who believed witches were real based on the Bible and confessions
What was the Stono Rebellion?
A violent revolt by enslaved Africans in South Carolina in 1739.