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| 499482537 | corporate colonies | colonies operated by joint-stock companies, at least during these colonies' early years (jamestown) | |
| 499482538 | royal colonies | colonies under the direct authority and rule of the king's government (virginia after 1624) | |
| 499482539 | proprietary colonies | colonies under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king (maryland and pennsylvania) | |
| 499482540 | chesapeake colonies | located on either side of the chesapeake bay, chartered by king charles i in 1632, control given to george calvert (lord baltimore); included maryland and virginia | |
| 499482541 | george calvert (lord baltimore) | granted control of maryland as a reward for his loyal service to the crown | |
| 499482542 | cecil calvert (lord baltimore) | set about implenting his father's plan, adopted the act of toleration in 1649 | |
| 499482543 | act of toleration 1649 | first colonial statute granting religious freedom to all christians but persecuting those who denied christianity | |
| 499482544 | virginia | first of england's colonies, struggled with economic and political problems (bacon's rebellion) | |
| 499482545 | sir william berkeley | royal governor of virginia, adopted policies that favored large planters and used dictatorial powers, antagonized backwoods farmers and failed to protect them from indian raids | |
| 499482546 | bacon's rebellion | caused by resentment of the economic and political control, farmers attacked indians, government accused the farmers of rebelling against loyal authority, | |
| 499482547 | indentured servant | young people agreed to work for a specific period in return for room and board, under contract with a master or landowner who paid for thier passage | |
| 499482548 | headright system | method for attacting immigrants, virginia offered 50 acres of land to (1) each immigrant who paid for his own passage and (2) anhy plantation owner who paid for an immigrant's passage | |
| 499482549 | slavery | 1660s-virginia house of burgesses enacted laws that discriminated between blacks and whites, | |
| 499482550 | roger williams | founded the settlement of providence, respected puritan minister | |
| 499482551 | providence | colony that recognized rights of the native americans and paid them for the use of their land, provided for complete religious toleration | |
| 499482552 | anne hutchinson | question the doctrines of the puritan authorities, believed in antinomianism, founded portsmouth | |
| 499482553 | antinomianism | the idea that faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation | |
| 499482554 | rhode island | 1644-charter from the english parliament joined providence and portsmouth together, offered religious toleration | |
| 499482555 | thomas hooker | led a large group of boston puritans into the valley and founded the colony of hartford in 1636 | |
| 499482556 | fundamental orders of connecticut 1639 | first written constitution in american history-established a representative government consisted of a legislature elected by popular vote and a governor chose by that legislature | |
| 499482557 | john davenport | founded new haven in the connecticut valley in 1637 | |
| 499482558 | connecticut | attracted other settlers who were unhappy with the massachusetts authorities, the royal charter granted a limited degree of self-government | |
| 499482559 | new hampshire | separtaed from the bay colony in hopes of increasing royal control over the colonies by king charles ii (1679) | |
| 499482560 | halfway covenant | people could take part in church services and activities without making a formal declaration of their total belief in christ | |
| 499482561 | new england confederation | faced with the threat of attack by the indians, dutch, french; plymouth, massachusetts bay, connecticut, and new haven formed a military alliance | |
| 499482562 | wampanoags | attacked the english settlers and resulted in a vicious war | |
| 499482563 | metacom; king phillip | chief of the wampanoags | |
| 499482564 | king phillip's war | indians attacked english settlers, thousands were killed, ending the native american resistance in new england | |
| 499482565 | restoration colonies | colonies founded in the late 17th century during the period in english history known as the restoration | |
| 499482566 | the carolinas | land granted to 9 nobles by charles ii as a reward for helping him gain the throne | |
| 499482567 | rice plantation | in south carolina, worked by african slaves, resembled the economy and culture of the west indies | |
| 499482568 | tobacco farms | northern carolinas, small and self-sufficient | |
| 499482569 | new york | 1664-duke of york took control of the dutch and renamed the colony, had broad civil and political rights including a representative assembly | |
| 499482570 | new jersey | lord john berkeley and sir george carteret given this land by james, sold to the quakers | |
| 499482571 | pennsylvania | william penn, a quaker, was paid in the from of a grant for this land | |
| 499482572 | quakers | members of the religious society of friends, believed in the equality of all men and women, nonviolence and resistance to military service, widely persecuted | |
| 499482573 | william penn | founded pennsylvania in 1681 | |
| 499482574 | holy experiment | penn wanted to test ideas he had developed based on his quaker beliefs | |
| 499482575 | frame of government 1682-1683 | guaranteed a representative assembly elected by landowners, and a written constitution | |
| 499482576 | charter of liberties 1701 | guaranteed freedom of worship for all and unrestricted immigration (penn's holy experiment) | |
| 499482577 | delaware | 1702-penn granted the lower three counties of pennsylvania their own assembly, which created this colony | |
| 499482578 | georgia | last of the brisith colonies and only one to receive direct financial support from the home government in london | |
| 499482579 | james olgethorpe | founded georgia, acted as the colony's first governor | |
| 499482580 | mercantilism | looked upon trade, colonies, and the accumulation of wealth as the basis for a country's military and political strength | |
| 499482581 | navigation acts | a mercantilist policy (1) trade to and from the colonies could be carried only by englihs ro colonial-built ships (2) all goods imported could only pass through england ports (3) specified goods could only be exported to england | |
| 499482582 | dominion of new england | 1686-james ii combined new york, new jersey, and other colonies into a single unit in order to increase royal control | |
| 499482583 | sir edmond andros | governor of the dominion of new england, levyied taxes, limited town meetings, revoked land titles | |
| 499482584 | glorious revolution | becuase of james ii's attempts to assert his royal power, william and mary replaced him in 1688 | |
| 499482585 | triangular trade | rum sailed to west africa; slaves sent to the west indies; sugar sent to new england |
