Farmers who owned land, crafts workers, and tradespeople were part of this.
What is the Middle Class?
200
The founders of the Massachusetts Colony.
Who are the Puritans?
200
A colony under the direct control of the English crown.
What is a royal colony?
200
Laws that passed that stated that slaves didn't have basic human rights.
What are slave codes?
200
Goods set to markets outside a country.
What are exports?
200
The top of the society. they were wealthy planters, merchants, lawyers, preachers, and royal officials.
Who are the Gentry?
300
A colony that was founded because Roger Williams thought the church had to much power. It aloud people of all religions.
What is Rhode Island?
300
Owners of huge estates.
What is Patroons?
300
A colony that was formed to help debtors pay off there dept.
What is Georgia?
300
A nickname that was given to New Englanders. It implied that they were clever and hard working.
What are Yankees?
300
People who signed contracts that stated that they would work unpaid for a period of time in exchange for a expense free trip to America.
What are Indentured Servants?
400
A colony that was founded because people believed the government had too much power in Massachusetts.
What is Connecticut?
400
A colony founded by a quaker man named William Penn. It was a place were anyone could practice any religion.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
A colony founded by Lord Baltimore. It was a place of religious refuge.
What is Maryland?
400
A group of people who have the power to make laws.
What is legislature?
400
Private schools run by women in their own homes.
What are Dame Schools?
500
The first Governor of Massachusetts.
Who is John Winthrop?
500
The city that was taken by the british from the netherlands. It was a very thriving city, it is still thriving today. The British changed it's name when they conquered it.
What is New Amsterdam?
500
A colony founded by eight english nobles. It eventually split into two colonies.
What is the Carolinas?
500
Parliament removed King James II from the throne and asked William and Mary of the Netherlands to rule as a result to this.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
The act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation.