Vocab
Migrants who, in exchange for a transatlantic passage, bound themselves to a colonial employer for a term of service.
Who were the indentured servants?
English ship carrying the pilgrims to North America in 1620.
What was the Mayflower?
A conflict between France and Great Britain lasted from 1754 to 1763.
What was the 7 years' war?
Guaranteed toleration to all Christians.
What was the Act of Toleration?
Soldiers for the British empire.
Who were the red coats?
Exchange between Africa and the Americas.
What was the Transatlantic Trade?
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
Where were the 13 colonies?
The uprising of Virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants led by planter Nathaniel Bacon was a conflict between impoverished settlers and the planter elite.
What was the Bacon’s Rebellion?
Created a foundation for self-government in the Plimoyth colony.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
Monarch of the British colonies in the 17th century.
Who was Charles ll?
Companies that raise money by selling stock.
What were joint stock companies?
First permanent English settlement in North America in 1607.
What was Jamestown?
Armed conflict between aspiring merchants led by Jacob Leisler and the ruling elite of New York.
What was the Leisler Rebellion?
A series of trials were launched in Salem, Massachusetts.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
A religious group that settled in Pennsylvania known for its tolerance, and emphasis on peace.
Who were the Quakers?
1) trade to and from colonies could only be carried by English or colonial-made ships and crews 2) all goods imported to the colonies should pass through English ports first 3) Specified goods from the colonies could be exported to England only, such as tobacco
What were the Navigation Acts?
Maryland and Virginia, primarily tobacco driven economy; overproduction in the 1660s led to falling prices; labor shortages due to high death rate and Native attacks led to various methods to promote migration
What were the Chesapeake Colonies?
In 1688, James was deposed and replaced by William and Mary, ending the Dominion of England.
What was the Glorious Revolution?
Set of laws beginning in 1662 defining racial slavery. They established the hereditary nature of slavery and limited the rights and education of slaves.
What were the slave codes?
Mistress that lived in Massachusetts Bay that held unorthodox views of puritan beliefs.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
A company that settled Jamestown in 1607
What was the Virginia Company?
colonies operated by joint-stock companies, such as Jamestown.
What were the corporates colonies?
1675-1676. New England Indian uprising led by Indian king called King Philip by British.
What was the Metacom’s Rebellion?
An agreement allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children.
What was the Half-Way covenant?
The man who wrote The Act of Toleration.
Who was Cecil Calvert?