European & Native American Contact
First permanent English settlement that survived with the help of the Powhatans
What is Jamestown?
Shipbuilding, whaling, and commercial fishing
What are the New England Colonies?
Person who served 5-7 years for their Atlantic passage or to learn a trade
Enlightenment thinker who promoted natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Elected representative in Jamestown, Virginia
What is a burgess?
Resource sought by both the French and Dutch that motivated friendly relations with Native Americans
What is fur or beaver pelts?
Long growing season and large-scale farming
What are the Southern Colonies?
The two types of unfree labor in the colonies
What is slavery and indentured servitude?
1215 document that protected individuals’ rights from the king
What is the Magna Carta?
Created self-government by majority rule of male voters in Plymouth colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
8,000 Native Americans in the Southwest that unified against the Spanish
What is the Pueblo Revolt or Pope's Rebellion?
Cash crops of wheat and corn, mining and manufacturing
What are the Middle Colonies?
Trade between North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa?
What is triangular trade?
Idea that no one person should have legislative, judicial, and executive power
What is separation of powers?
Gatherings of qualified men in New England to pass laws and levy taxes
What are town meetings?
Exchange of crops, animals, people, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Increasing demand for slave labor
What are the Southern Colonies?
Voyage that brought enslaved people from Africa to the Caribbean and Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
Enlightenment thinker who promoted separation of powers
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Colonial government that did not include any reference to the authority of the king
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Alliance of Native Americans led by Chief Metacom who revolted against colonists
What is King Philip's War or Metacom's Rebellion?
Long, wide rivers (Susquehanna, Delaware, and Hudson) with protected harbors
What are the Middle Colonies?
Year that race becomes a factor in slavery and slavery becomes a life sentence
What is 1640?
Idea that government gets its power from the people
What is consent of the governed?
System in which all eligible citizens vote for every law, bill, or issue
What is direct democracy?