apush period 2 cards

Royal colonies

Colonies ruled directly by the king of England

Proprietary ColonieS

Colonies given to one person or a small group by the king

Charter colonies

Colonies started by a charter (written grant) that gave settlers some self-rule.

Virginia company

Company that funded James town colony to make money

James town

First permanent English colony in America

House of Burgesses

The first representative assembly in the colonies

Iroquois confederacy

A powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast.

Mayflower compact

Agreement by pilgrims to form self government

Massachusetts bay colony

Colony founded by puritans, known for strict religion

New England confederation

A military alliance of New England colonies for defense.

Navigation laws

Laws that said colonies could only trade with England.

Salutary neglect

1. England not strictly enforcing laws, letting colonies rule themselves more.

Pequot war

1. Conflict between New England colonists and the Pequot tribe (1630s).

King Phillips war

1. War between Native Americans (led by Metacom/King Philip) and colonists (1675).

Indentured servants

1. People who worked for a set number of year to pay off travel to America.

head right system

1. Colonists got land if they paid for someone's trip to America.

Bacons rebellion

1. 1676 rebellion in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor.

Middle passage

1. The brutal sea journey that brought enslaved Africans to America.

Triangular Trade

1. Trade system between
   Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Salve codes

1. Laws that controlled enslaved people and took away their rights.

The great awakening

1. A religious revival in the
   1730s-1740s that encouraged personal faith.

John smith

1. Leader at Jamestown who helped the colony survive.

Powhatan

1. Leader of a Native confederacy near Jamestown.

John Rolfe

1. Jamestown leader who grew tobacco and married Pocahontas.

William Bradford

1. Governor of Plymouth Colony and Pilgrim leader.

John Winthrop’s

1. Leader of Massachusetts Bay

Colony, wanted it to be a "city upon a hill."

William penn

1. Founded Pennsylvania for Quakers and religious freedom.

William Berkeley

1. Governor of Virginia during

Bacon's Rebellion.

Nathaniel bacon

1. Led Bacon's Rebellion against Virginia's governor.

Johnathan Edward’s

1. Preacher during the Great Awakening ("Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God").

George white feild

1. Traveling preacher who spread Great Awakening ideas.