US AP History Chapter 4 Flashcards

42667117	Tobacco	principal crop in the Chesapeake region	0
42667118	Indentured Servants	people who voluntarily sold themselves to work on plantations for Atlantic passage and freedom dues	1
42667119	Headright System	who ever paid for the passage of a laborer recieved 50 acres of land in reward	2
42667120	Freedom Dues	few barrels of corn, suit of clothes, and maybe a small parcel of land	3
42667121	Governor William Berkeley	governor of Virginia, friendly towards Indians	4
42667122	Bacon's Rebellion	rebellion against Berkely (the Eastern elite) because of lack of support during Indian raids in the backcountry (rich vs. poor)	5
42667123	Royal African Company	used to have a monopoly on the slave trade	6
42667124	1619	1st time Africans are brought to the colonies, House of Burgesses is founded	7
42667125	Middle Passage	the transatlantic sea voyage that brought over slaves from Africa	8
42667126	Slave Codes	laws that controled slaves and made them property for life	9
42667127	Rice and Indigo	primary crops of South Carolina colony	10
42667128	Gullah	language spoken by slaves- mix of African and English	11
42667129	Ringshout	West African religious dance- contributed to development of jazz	12
42667130	FFVs	First Families of Virginia- dominated legislature	13
42667131	Isolated plantations	reason for few large cities in the south	14
42667132	Jeremaid	form of sermon that scolded parishioners for their waning piety	15
42667133	Half-Way Covenant	allowed children of members to join the church- weakened the distinction between elect and others, but needed membership	16
42667134	Salem Witch Hunts	1692- deaths of 20 women convicted of witchcraft (usually older, richer women)	17
42667135	Leisler's Rebellion	between landholders and merchants- resentment against upper class	18