6679747765 | Halfway Covenant | This system was employed by Massachusett Puritans who did not fully want to live the strict Puritan lifestyle. | 0 | |
6679747766 | Quakers | A Christian sect that is also known as the religious society of friends. | 1 | |
6679747767 | Holy Experiment | This was William Penn's government in Pennsylvania, which allowed religious freedom. | 2 | |
6679747768 | Charter of Liberties | A charter, signed by Penn, which established a representative assembly in Pennsylvania, and stated that Delaware could establish their own representative assembly. | 3 | |
6679747769 | John Rolfe | a colonist in the Colony of Virginia, and is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop. He was also Pocahontas' husband. | 4 | |
6679747770 | Puritans | A Christian sect that wanted to purify The Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices. | 5 | |
6679747771 | Separatists | A Christian sect that wanted to separate from the Church of England due to some of its practices. | 6 | |
6679747772 | John Winthrop | An English Puritan who led some of the early migrations into the Massachusetts Bay area. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | 7 | |
6679747773 | Great Migration | ...usually refers to the migration in this period of English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the West Indies, especially Barbados from 1630-40. | 8 | |
6679747774 | Thomas Hooker | A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government. | 9 | |
6679747776 | James Olgethorpe | John Olgethorpe was the founder and governor of the debtor colony of Georgia. | 10 | |
6679747777 | Wampanoags | A Native American tribe, who in the 17th century helped, and then tried to dissolve the English hold in Massachusetts. | 11 | |
6679747778 | Metacom | A chief of the Wampanoags who led several raids against Massachusetts Bay Colony villages. Also known as King Phillip. | 12 | |
6679747779 | Virginia House of Burgesses | The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. | 13 | |
6679747780 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | This document was the first written constitution in the American colonies. It was prepared as the covenant for the new Puritan community in Connecticut. Basically laid bound rules for the new colony. | 14 | |
6679747781 | New England Confederation | Formed to protect major New England Colonies. | 15 | |
6679747783 | Cooperate Colonies | A colony run by a joint-stock company. | 16 | |
6679747784 | Royal Colonies | A colony ruled directly by the King's government. | 17 | |
6679747785 | Proprietary Colonies | A colony that is ruled by someone who was given a royal charter. | 18 | |
6679747786 | Chesapeake Colonies | Colonies that were created when Virginia was separated into Virginia and Maryland. | 19 | |
6679747787 | Joint-Stock Companies | A company who's stock is owned jointly by the share holders. | 20 | |
6679747788 | Virginia Companies | Two joint stock companies that were set with the task of ruling Virginia. | 21 | |
6679747789 | Glorious Revolution | The overthrow of King James the 2nd by William of Orange and his wife Mary the 2nd. | 22 | |
6679747790 | Headright System | ... parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists. | 23 | |
6679747791 | Indentured Servants | Servants that worked for a person for around 7 years, could be more or could be less, in exchange for a trip to the Americas. | 24 | |
6679747792 | Triangular Trade | A reference to the trade system which brought slaves from Africa to America who worked to grow the crops which were sent to England and with the money made from the crops, the English would by slaves from Africa. | 25 | |
6679747793 | Middle Passage | One of the passages in the Triangular Trade. This passage brought slaves from Africa to America. | 26 | |
6679747794 | Cotton Mather | An author who was very much supportive of the Salem Witch Trials. | 27 | |
6679747795 | John Peter Zenger | A journalist from New York City who printed The New York Weekly Journal. He criticized governors, and in result was charged for it. He is an American icon for the freedom of press. | 28 |
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