Early English Settlement and Enslavement in the Colonies

Vocabulary flashcards covering early English colonial settlements, colony types, representative governing bodies, and the history of enslavement in the American colonies based on lecture notes.

Corporate Colony

A type of colony organized and operated by joint-stock companies under a charter from the king.

Royal Colony

A type of colony under the direct control and authority of the king.

Proprietary Colony

A type of colony under the authority of individuals who were granted ownership and land charters by the king.

Joint-Stock Company

A business entity that pooled funds from multiple investors buying shares of stock to finance colonial ventures and spread financial risk.

Roanoke Colony

The first attempted English settlement in North America, which ultimately failed and became known as the Lost Colony.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 in Virginia by John Smith and the Virginia Company.

House of Burgesses

The first representative legislative assembly in the English colonies, established in Virginia.

Mayflower Compact

An agreement written in 1620 by the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, establishing an early form of colonial self-government.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

A colony founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and Puritans, structured as a strict religious community described as a 'City upon a hill.'

Plymouth Colony

A colony founded in 1620 by Separatist Pilgrims led by William Bradford seeking religious freedom.

Maryland Colony

A Southern proprietary colony founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics.

Georgia Colony

The 13th and final English colony, founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors and a buffer colony against Spanish Florida.

1619 African Arrival

The arrival of '20 and odd' enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia, marking the documented beginning of African enslavement in British North America.

1688 Germantown Quaker Petition

The first written protest against African slavery in the American colonies, created by a group of Quakers in Pennsylvania.

Virginia Law of 1662

A colonial statute establishing that a child's legal status as free or enslaved strictly follows the condition of the mother.

Virginia Law of 1667

A colonial law declaring that Christian baptism does not alter or grant freedom to an enslaved person.

Massachusetts Slavery Legalization (1641)

The designation of Massachusetts as the first English colony to officially legalize slavery in its legal code.

Middle Passage

The transatlantic voyage that forcibly transported hundreds of thousands of captive Africans to American shores.