Vocab
A company whose shareholders own stock in the company
joint-stock company
John Smith was able to keep the colonists at Jamestown from starving by doing this
forming a relationship with the Powhatan Native Americans, who helped the colonists with food in exchange for European goods
This colonial region was known for diversity thanks to Quaker Doctrine
The Middle Colonies
The name of the ship carrying the Pilgrims to the New World
The Mayflower
The name of the "Great Charter" that controlled the power of King John in 1215
The Magna Carta
A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
colony
The first example of representative government in Jamestown, Virginia
The House of Burgesses
This type of person would likely want to live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
An extremely religious person who is willing to follow exactly what the church says
Why was slavery so pervasive in the South?
The soil was good and the colonists wanted free labor.
The type of government in Britain
Monarchy
A written grant establishing an institution and detailing members’ rights and privileges
Charter
The reason that the relationship between the Powhatan's and the colonists soured
John Smith was injured and went home to England
The people who lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony answered to this authority
The church
The Jamestown colonists were looking for this when they began their colony
gold
The name of the war that brought on the taxes that ended Salutary Neglect
French and Indian War
A person under contract to work, usually without pay, in exchange for free passage to the colonies
Indentured Servant
This colonial region was known for agriculture and was quickly dependent on slavery for labor.
The Southern Colonies
Quaker
First cash crop in Jamestown
tobacco
For many years, the British policy towards the colonists was this
Salutary Neglect
The English govt. was busy with other things, so they did not strictly enforce their colonial policies, so the colonies basically ran themselves
Salutary Neglect
This type of person was likely to want to settle in Jamestown
A young man interested in striking it rich in the New World
One value that Quakers believe in
diversity
The Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both founded in order to seek this
religious freedom
This government body limited the power of the King in Britain
Parliament