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Holy day of rest
Sabbath
owners of large estates
patroons
small percent of people owned large plantations
white southerners
goods sent to markets outside of a country
exports
Publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation
Libel
Religious reformers dispised by England
Quakers
the king gave land to one or more people for a yearly payment
proprietary colony
divided the middle and southern colonies
mason dixon line
goods brought into a country
imports
top of the social class
gentry
Did not want to separate from the church of England entirely but hoped to reform the church by introducing similar ways of worship
Puritans
colony directly under the english crown
Royal colony
poor tobacco farmers
Northern california
the english parliament passed a series of acts to ensure that only england benifited from trade
Navigation acts
huge religious movement 1700's to 1740's
Great awakening
willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Religious tolerance
crops sold for money at the market
cash crops
few planters knew rice grew well in this area
swampy lowlands
the three legs of the route formed a trianlge
triangular trade
lowest social class
indentured servents
settlers discussed and voted on many issues
Town meeting
african slaves made up a portion of the labor
1/3
organized angry men and women and they raided natives villages and burnt the capital
bacon's rebellion
white christain men over this age could vote
21
caused disputes over freedom of the press
Growth of newspapers