Time Period 2 APUSH

Jamestown

First permanent English colony, founded in 1607 for economic reasons.

Plymouth

Established in 1620 by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Founded in 1630 by Puritans seeking religious freedom.

Maryland

Founded in 1634 as a safe haven for Catholics, a proprietary colony.

Rhode Island

Founded in 1636 for religious freedom by Roger Williams.

The Carolinas

Founded in 1663 for profit and agriculture; a proprietary colony.

Pennsylvania

Founded in 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker colony.

Georgia

Founded in 1732 as a buffer against Spanish Florida and a haven for debtors.

Joint Stock Company

A company whose stock is owned jointly by shareholders; used to fund colonies.

Proprietary Colony

A colony owned by an individual or family, such as Maryland or Pennsylvania.

Indentured Servitude

People who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for passage to the New World.

Headright System

A system granting land to settlers in exchange for bringing indentured servants.

Social Characteristics of the 13 Colonies

Family-centered and community-focused, with varying degrees of slavery.

Political Characteristics of the 13 Colonies

Varied from democratic town meetings in New England to aristocratic control in Southern colonies.

Economic Characteristics of the 13 Colonies

Included agriculture, fishing, and trade, with diverse economies in the North and plantation-based in the South.

New England Colonies

Rocky soil and cold climate; economy based on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.

Middle Colonies

Fertile soil and moderate climate; focused on wheat and corn farming.

Chesapeake Colonies

Characterized by fertile land; primarily grew tobacco.

Southern Colonies

Warm climate and fertile soil; large plantations growing tobacco, rice, and indigo.

The First Great Awakening

A religious revival movement in the 1730s-1740s emphasizing personal faith.

Navigation Acts

Laws that restricted colonial trade to England to benefit the mother country.

Stono Rebellion

A major slave uprising in 1739 in South Carolina, leading to harsher slave laws.

Salutary Neglect

A policy allowing colonies to flourish economically with relaxed enforcement of regulations.