Colonial America Flashcards
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| 520425803 | Royal Colony | colony under control of the English crown and a council appointed by the king or queen | |
| 520425804 | Proprietary Colony | colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted | |
| 520425805 | Joint-Stock Company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits | |
| 520425806 | Charter Colony | colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle | |
| 520425807 | Charter | a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area | |
| 520425808 | Roanoke | England's "lost colony" established in 1587, but its colonists were never seen again. | |
| 520425809 | Spanish Armada | Their defeat by England marked the end of Spain's control of the sea, and opened the way for England and others to explore North America | |
| 520425810 | Virginia Company | joint-stock company that started Jamestown | |
| 520425811 | Jamestown | England's first permanent colony in North America | |
| 520425812 | John Smith | leader of Jamestown colony that said "No work, No food." Credited with Jamestown's early survival. | |
| 520425813 | Powhatan | Native American chief that led the tribe near Jamestown. | |
| 520425814 | Starving Time | time period during the winter of 1609-1610 that left only 60 survivors. | |
| 520425815 | John Rolfe | Virginia colonists that brought West Indies tobacco to Jamestown | |
| 520425816 | Tobacco | cash crop that helped Jamestown grow and prosper | |
| 520425817 | Pocahontas | daughter of Chief Powhatan that married John Rolfe | |
| 520425818 | Headright System | system where Virginia colonists were given 50 acres of land for every settler, 50 acres for every family member over 15, and for each servant brought to Virginia. | |
| 520425819 | House of Burgesses | first representative government in North America. Established in 1619, each of 10 towns would send 2 delegates to an assembly to make local laws for the colony. | |
| 520425820 | New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island | |
| 520425821 | Dissent | disagreement with or opposition to an opinion | |
| 520425822 | Persecuted | to treat someone harshly because of that person's beliefs or practices | |
| 520425823 | Puritans | Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican Church | |
| 520425824 | Separatists | Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to leave the Anglican church in order to start their own church. | |
| 520425825 | Separatists | Were the Pilgrims puritans or separatists? | |
| 520425826 | Pilgrims | Separatists who journeyed to Plymouth Colony off Cape Cod, Massachusetts during the 1600s for a religious purpose | |
| 520425827 | Mayflower | name of the Pilgrims boat | |
| 520425828 | "Strangers" | the 77 of the 102 people on the Mayflower that were not Pilgrims, who hoped to find a better life in America. | |
| 520425829 | Mayflower Compact | formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth Colony. An important step towards representative democracy. | |
| 520425830 | Massasoit | leader of the Wampanoag peoples who lived near the Pilgrims. | |
| 520425831 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | charter colony started by the Puritans in Massachusetts north of Plymouth. Boston and Salem were famous towns. | |
| 520425832 | Puritans | wanted to create a new society in America based on the Bible | |
| 520425833 | Great Migration | refers to the 15,000 Puritans who moved to Massachusetts from England in the 1630s to escape religious persecution and economic hard times. | |
| 520425834 | General Court | In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, adult male church members could vote for governor and town's representatives. These reps became known as the.... | |
| 520425835 | Voting Requirements for General Court | adult, male, church members (later property owners) | |
| 520425836 | Thomas Hooker | Puritan minister who left Massachusetts and founded Connecticut | |
| 520425837 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First written constitution in America | |
| 520425838 | Roger Williams | Puritan minister who believed in religious tolerance, and that is was wrong to take land away from Native Americans. Founded Rhode Island. | |
| 520425839 | Anne Hutchinson | Puritan who believed God could speak to people directly. Was kicked out of Massachusetts and went to Rhode Island | |
| 520425840 | New Hampshire | colony founded by John Wheelwright and other Puritans also for religious freedom | |
| 520425841 | Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | first place in America where people of all faiths, including Jews, could worship freely. | |
| 520425842 | King Philip's War | took place in New England between colonists and Wampanoag's led by Metacomet (King Philip). It destroyed Native American power in New England. | |
| 520425843 | New Amsterdam | Dutch colony on Manhattan Island. Today known as New York City | |
| 520425844 | New Netherlands | Dutch colony along the Hudson River | |
| 520425845 | Patroon | Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land. | |
| 520425846 | Peter Stuyvesant | Dutch governor of New Netherlands | |
| 520425847 | New York | renamed in 1664 after the English took it over, and the king gave it to his brother. | |
| 520425848 | New Jersey | use to be the southern part of New York. The Duke of York gave it to proprietors named John Berkeley and George Cataret | |
| 520425849 | William Penn | Quaker leader who was given a large tract of land by the king to repay an old debt. | |
| 520425850 | Quakers | "Society of Friends." Group of Protestant dissenters that believed everybody had an inner light, each person could experience religious truth directly, so church was unnecessary. Tolerant of others beliefs. | |
| 520425851 | Philadelphia | "City of Brotherly Love." Quaker city in Pennsylvania | |
| 520425852 | Delaware | 3 lower counties of Pennsylvania that separated in 1704. | |
| 520425853 | Pacifists | people who refuse to use force or fight | |
| 520425854 | Indentured Servants | laborers who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America | |
| 520425855 | Maryland | Established by Cecil Calvert to start a safe place for his fellow Catholics to settle | |
| 520425856 | Act of Toleration | law passed in Maryland that granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely. | |
| 520425857 | Georgia | created as a colony for English debtors, and as a buffer zone against Spanish Florida | |
| 520425858 | James Oglethorpe | founded the colony of Georgia | |
| 520425859 | New England Colonies | had smaller farms due to long winters and thin, rocky soil | |
| 520425860 | New England Colonies | ship building and fishing were important industries | |
| 520425861 | Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware | |
| 520425862 | Middle Colonies | breadbasket colonies | |
| 520425863 | Middle Colonies | were the most ethnically diverse colonies with a large German population | |
| 520425864 | Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia | |
| 520425865 | Southern Colonies | farmed tobacco and rice | |
| 520425866 | Southern Colonies | warmer climate colonies with large plantations |