People
Helped the Dutch to claim New York; The Hudson River is named after him
Henry Hudson
Wanted to Purify the Church of England
Puritans
undeveloped land area at the edge of settled areas
frontier
In Massachusetts, over 150 young women accused of being witches; began through Puritan fear and hysteria that led to violence
Salem Witch Trials
Schools in colonial America; usually limited to males and used "hornbooks" to learn to read and write
Grammar Schools
People who gained passage to America in return for 4-7 years of work; usually single, young men
Indentured Servants
The religion that was named for the way they would "tremble at the word of the Lord"; known for being very open; found refuge in Pennsylvania
Quakers
The natural passages in the Appalachian Mountains; Daniel Boone led a trail through this to begin the Wilderness Road
Cumberland Gap
The trade network between West Africa, the Americas, and Europe
Triangular Trade
local armies in the colonies
Militia
The term for "Freemen"; white, rich, males who owned property in colonial times.
Freeholder
The time of religious revival in the colonies during the 1700s; began in New Jersey
The Great Awakening
Plantations
Businesses that sponsor a colony by providing money, in return the investors would gain profit in the colony was successful.
Joint-Stock Company
The first Institution of higher education
Harvard College
Founded Pennslyvania with the goal of a colony of "brotherly love"
William Penn
Towns created for Native Americans to live in and learn about the Bible and European culture
Praying Towns
The colony led by John Smith; told "if you don't work you don't eat"
Jamestown
The first document of self-government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
The boat that the Pilgrims came over on
Mayflower
The governor of Plymouth; wrote about the first Thanksgiving
William Bradford
Wanted to leave the church completely and worship in their own way; also known as the "Pilgrims"
Separatists
Plymouth
The first permanent settlement in New England
Act in Maryland that granted religious freedom to all who believed in the trinity. The first written law of religious freedom in the colonies.
Act of Toleration
The types of colonies that were funded by joint-stock companies; given rules on how a colony would be ran
Charter Colonies