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| 4843768984 | indentured servants | Men, women, and sometimes children signed a contract with a master to serve a term of 4 to 7 years. In exchange for their service, the indentured servants received their passage paid from England, as well as food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived in the colonies. |  | 0 |
| 4843774175 | The headright system | The headright system was originally created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage. With the emergence of tobacco farming, a large supply of workers was needed. New settlers who paid their way to Virginia received 50 acres of land |  | 1 |
| 4843777022 | Bacon's Rebellion | Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. |  | 2 |
| 4843780621 | The Royal African Company | The Royal African Company was a mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa. It was led by James, Duke of York, Charles II's brother. |  | 3 |
| 4843782727 | middle passage | the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies. |  | 4 |
| 4843785779 | Slaves codes | Slaves codes were state laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners. Slave codes placed harsh restrictions on slaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves. |  | 5 |
| 4843789571 | Congregational churches | Congregational churches are Protestant churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. Congregationalism is often considered to be a part of the wider Reformed tradition. |  | 6 |
| 4843793532 | jeremiad | long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. | 7 | |
| 4843802320 | Half-Way Covenant | The Half-Way Covenant is a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard, who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose. |  | 8 |
| 4843805973 | The Salem witch trials | The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. |  | 9 |
| 4843817052 | Leisler's Rebellion | Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late 17th century colonial New York, in which German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of the colony's south and ruled it from 1689 to 1691. |  | 10 |
| 4843820591 | Sir William Berkeley | Sir William Berkeley was a colonial governor of Virginia, and one of the Lords Proprietors of the Colony of Carolina; he was appointed to these posts by King Charles II of England, of whom he was a favorite. |  | 11 |
| 4843825888 | Nathaniel Bacon | Nathaniel Bacon (January 2, 1647 - October 26, 1676) was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from fever. |  | 12 |
