APUSH - Period 2 ID Terms

jingoism

extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

Roger Williams

challenger of Puritan leadership in Massachusetts who said that no one should be coerced into faith, church and state should be separated, and the native populations should be compensated for their land

was banished from Massachusetts in 1635 and founded Rhode Island with Native Americans

Anne Hutchinson

female challenger of Puritan leadership in Massachusetts who illegally preached from home and was an early example of feminism in America

was banished from Massachusetts in 1636 and her followers founded Connecticut by conquering the Pequot

communal

characterized by collective ownership and use of property

participated in, shared, or used in common by members of a group or community

indenture

a legal agreement, contract, or document

a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time

rebellion

opposition to one in authority or dominance

open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government

dissent

to withhold assent or approval

to differ in opinion

theocracy

government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided

a government in which church and state are not separate

Massasoit

Wampanoag Indian chief

signed a treaty with the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1621 and helped them celebrate the first Thanksgiving after the autumn harvests that same year

proprietor

one granted ownership of a colony and full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land

a person who has the legal right or exclusive title to something

Metacomet

the Wampanoag leader called “Philip” by the English

led a war against New England settlers who wanted to subject the native New England population to colonial control

pluralism

the holding of two or more offices or positions at the same time

a theory that there are more than one or more than two kinds of ultimate reality

a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization

republicansim

the principles or theory of a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president

the principles or theory of a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law

tyranny

oppressive power, especially exerted by government

a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler

infer

to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises

to guess, surmise, point out, indicate, suggest, or hint

to involve as a normal outcome of thought

Benjamin Franklin

one of the Founding Fathers of the US

known for inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove

salutary neglect

a policy of non-interference in the colonies

great contributor to the experience in self-government

facilitate

to make easier, help bring about

ostensibly

to all outward appearances

intended for display, open to view

being such in appearance, plausible rather than demonstrably true or real

John Winthrop

founder of Massachusetts who intended to build a city that stood as an example of a perfect Godly commonwealth

a non-Separatist Calvinist who intended to build a “city on a hill”

William Penn

founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia

Quaker who wanted to start a “holy experiment”

sachem

a North American Indian chief, especially the chief of a confederation of the Algonquian tribes of the North Atlantic coast

a Tammany leader

Stono Rebellion

the largest slave revolt in the British colonies that occurred on sept 9 1739

imperial

of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor

a nation that exerts dominance over another through diplomatic, economic, or militaric means

ideal

an ultimate object or aim of endeavor

conforming exactly to a law or standard

homogeny

similarity between groups (due to common ancestry/descent)

Anglo-Saxon

English

Scots-Irish (Scotch-Irish)

of, relating to, or descended from Scottish settlers in northern Ireland

a dominant ethnicity in Pennsylvania that pushed out the Quakers in order to get more farmland

custom

a duty, toll, or impost imposed by the sovereign law of a country on imports or exports

colonial

of, relating to, or characteristic of an area over which a foreign nation or state extends or maintains control

of or relating to a period when an area is being colonized and especially to the period of European colonization in U.S. history between the early 17th century and the late 18th century