Studied by 5 people
Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore
Only Colony that allows catholics
Act of Toleration
stamp, to allow other people of other religous beliefs to live there
Roger Williams
Created Rhode Island Colony
Providence
The capital of Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
female religous reformer that got kicked out of a colony
Antinomainism
against following the idea of following the ten comandmants
Rhode Island
Capitial of this colony is Providence
Halfway Coventant
partial membership for those who were baptized
Quakers
against slavery
William Penn
Created a colong that is named his forest
Holy Experiment
Pennslyvania colonies level of reliogous toleration
Charter of Liberties (1701)
The constitiution of Pennsylvania
rice plantations
a crop that was grown in asia, now grown by slaves in america
tobacco farms
you can’t eat it but its a cash crop you can smoke
John Cabot
Claimed Newfoundland
Jamestown
first sucessful english colonies
captain John Smith
taught the lazy jamestown settlers how to create a life for themselves
John rolfe
Married Pochahontas
Pocahontas
native american female tride leaders daughter
Puritains
the type of religon that the people on mayflower followed
Separtists
to divide religons
Pilgrims
the people who left england for america
Mayflower
the ship that took the first purtians took to america
Plymouth Colony
a settlement named after the first rock landed in boston
John Winthrop
goverenr of massachusetts
Great Migration
when people started moving from europe to america
Thomas Hooker
founded the Conneticut colony
John Davenport
Co-founder of New Haven colony
Connecticut
Created their own form of a constitution
new Hampshire
The colony above massachusetts
The Carolinas
There are two of these colonies north and south
New York
Elis Island was in this state
New Jersey
originally a dutch colony, was given to the duke of york
Pennslyvannia
william’s forrest
deleware
Joe Biden was born in this state
Georgia
This colonies purpose was to defend against the french threat of the missisippi river, is also a county in europe
James Oglethorpe
founded georgia
wampanoags
natives that lived in the massachusetts and rhode island area for over 12,000 years
Metacom
King Phillips native name
King Phillips War
Metacoms battle is also known as
Mayflower Compact
an agreement between the puritians that landed on plymouth rokcand hte kind of england
Vigrinia House of Burgesses
George Washingtons colonies form of representation, also the begining formation of a congress in the colonies
Sir William Berkley
the longest serving govener of Virginia
Bacon’s Rebellion
Indentured servants fought back agianst the people they served.
fundemental orders of conneticut (1639)
The formation of a onstitution in one of the first colonies
New England Confederation
An allance with the four puritain colonies
frame of government (1682)
The first constitition of pennslavania colony, written by william penn himself
corparate colonies
Established by the charters funded by the crown
royal colonies
settlements with the purpose to defend the crown, but all of the colonies were known as this
proprietary colonies
British settlements, that were under total control of the crown
Cheasapeake colonies
These settlements included, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and parts of Pennslyvania
joint stock company
The colony of viginia was funded by this
Virginia Company
it was a joint stock company that founded the settlement of jamestown
Mercantilism
The money that was made needs to go back to the crown, also the belief that the only cureny was made up of silver and gold, and all of it needed to be kept inside one kingdom to keep all of its power
Navigation Acts
Stamp, Tea, Quartering, this made sure that those living on the colonies could only sell to the british, but many of the colonist figured out how to work around these sailing laws
Dominion of New England
king james created this to give him control over all of the colonies
Sir Edmond Andros
govener of the dominion of england
Glorious Rebellion
king maes the 2nd was overthrough for his religous laws, the parliemnt fought back killed hime and put his daughter incharge
Indentured Servants
These poeple sold their lives for 7 years to get “free” trips to the new world
headright system
A land grant program that gave money to people for the purpose of colonizing the americas
slavery
black people working for no pay, in intense labor systems
triangular trade
the trade between three contients
Middle Passage
moving between the african contient and the american contient, a very diffucult travel
english cultural dominion
A life style of the peoples in the british colonies
Benjamin West
A historical painter who the death of many women
John Copley
A portrait maker for colonial america
Benjamin Franklin
Wrote poor richards almanack
Poor Richard Almanack
Written by Benjamin Franklin
Phillis Wheatly
A female black poet
John Bartram
The father of american botany
Professions: Law, Medicine, and Religion
Jobs that are currently even very important to the furtherment of a civilized society
religous tolerance
how we treat others of oposing beliefs
established church
the kings angelican belief that was carried too the american colonies
What is the Great Awakening?
A series of religious revivals in the American colonies during the 18th century, focusing on individual piety and personal relationships with God.
Jonathon Edwards
third president of Princton
George Whitefield
One of the founders of the Methodist sect of christianity
Cotton Mather
Writer also clergyman who wrote about theological, historical and scientific subjects
Sectarian
Someone that is a member of the Christian belief but specifically the Bapist and whom is unwilling to take into consideration the view of others in different sects of the religon
Nonsectarian
Not puting themselves agianst other versions of the same religon but rather considereing themselves as Christian not Methodists, or Baptists
Subsistence farming
To grown only what is needed to feed a family
J, Hector St. John Crevecoeur
French american farmer, author, and diplomat
Colonial Families
units of people consisting of a mother, father, and child that lived in the 13 of these
Germans
People hailing from the native country of hitler
Huguenots
A french group that was religously persecuted against by the french king, who them moed to Canada
Dutch
People hailing from the Netherlands
Swedes
These people are known for not getting involved in any war, also has geneva as a city
Africans
People coming from the contient below europe are also historically know as “Black People“ in the americas
immigrants
people moving from country to couty either willingly or forcible due to the conditions present in their home countries
social mobilitty
To move from class to class with ease by working for it, not just to be stuck in the lower class for 100s of generations
hereditary aristocracy
The wealth of families being (traditionally) passed down from father to son and the title as wel (eg. Duke, Lord)
John Peter Zenger
Famous for writting in his newpaper The New York Weekly Journal against the king, was put on trial
Andrew Hamilton
Former speaker of the house of representatives of Pennslyvania
Enlightenment
An intellectual and cultural movment that occured in the americas and europe
Colonial Governors
People put in charge of laws and regulations, also heads of the houses formed in Virginia and the other 12
Colonial Legislatures
People who created laws in the 13 of these, also a branch of government
Town Meetings
Where people come together to speak about their grievnces in certain portions of a province or city
County Government
Local rule put into place to take care of elections among other things within their area (eg Riverside ___ DA’s office)
Limited Democracy
A place where only a certain type of people could partake in government such as voting rights
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