An English Empire
This system was the greatest source of an empire's wealth built from exporting more goods generated abroad which exceeded that country's imports.
Mercantilism
Given a royal charter to settle English America at Jamestown in 1607.
The Virginia Company
Major turning point which marked a shift in Virginia policy toward using slaves on plantations and reducing pathways to freedom.
Bacon's Rebellion
Voyages across the Atlantic linking Europe, Africa, America; which provided slaves as part of it's Middle Passage.
Triangular Trading Routes
Series of revivals that swept many parts of the world in the 18th century.
The Great Awakening
England and Scotland united to create Great Britain.
Act of Union 1707
Established as a proprietary colony in 1632 and the second Chesapeake colony.
Maryland
In Southern New England an alliance launched attacks on farms and settlements marking the most violent warfare in the 17th century.
King Philip's War
Developed in 18th century South Carolina assigning slaves daily jobs leading to more autonomy after labor was completed.
Task System
Belief that God withdrew after creating the world leaving it to function according to scientific laws and nature.
Deism
Stipulated that certain "enumerated goods" had to be transported to English ports before being re-exported to foreign markets.
Navigation Act of 1651
The first written frame of government in the English colonies signed in 1620.
Mayflower Compact
Result was the severe tightening of slave codes in South Carolina and a temporary prohibitive tax on imported slaves.
Stono Rebellion
Colony that was originally formed as a haven for the poor of England; banning alcohol and slavery until it was surrendered to the crown in 1751.
Georgia
Revivalists who began criticizing the practice of levying taxes to support established churches.
The New Lights
Process in which English landlords began fencing in commons, evicting small farmers who became city refugees seeking work.
Enclosure Movement
Became a beacon of religious freedom with no established church, religious qualifications for voting, or requirements to attend church.
Rhode Island
Ended this colony's unique history of religious toleration when the governor was overthrown due to his Catholic faith in 1689.
Maryland Uprising
Adopted in 1667 by the House of Burgesses decreeing Christians could own Christian slaves.
Virginia Law on Religious Conversion
Tens of thousands attended his sermons which were widely spread by press coverage and considered the first major colonial event in North America.
George Whitefield
A presented list of twenty-three reasons why Elizabeth I should support the establishment of colonies in the New World.
Discourse Concerning Western Planting
Most powerful assembly in the colonies established in 1701 which eliminated the Governor's Council, controlled finance, appointments, and the militia
Pennsylvania Unicameral Legislature
Fundamentally shifting the balance of power in Jamestown, reinforcing the settlers' supremacy after the Virginia Company crushed it.
Uprising of 1644
Spanish rulers offered this to fugitive slaves from the British colonies.
"Liberty and Protection"
Preaching of Jonathon Edwards that emphasized immediately acknowledging one's sins and pleading for divine intervention and saving from eternal damnation.
"New Birth"