APUSH Unit 2 Terms Quiz 1 Ch. 2

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Middle Passage

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies

John Calvin

French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation

John Rolfe

The husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virgina to successfully cultivate tobacco for export

Captain John Smith

English soldier, adventurer, explorer, and author who helped established Jamestown Colony

House of Burgesses

First elected legislative body in America, representing the towns and plantations of the Virgina Colony from 1619-1776

Indian War 1622

A conflict between the English colonists and the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia.

Lord Baltimore

Founder of Maryland through the procurement of the colony charter from King Charles I of England on June 20, 1632

Toleration Act of 1649

Colonial law that protected religious freedom of Trinitarian Christians, including both Catholics and Protestants, from persecution within Maryland

Indentured Servitude

A system where a person is bound by a contract (an “indenture”) to work for a master for a fixed period, in return for passage to a new country, room, and board

Great Migration

The mass movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural Southern States of the U.S to Urban areas in the Northern states between 1916-1970

Puritans

A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

Pilgrims

A person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion

John Winthrop

First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a key Puritan leader in early America, known for his vision of a godly commonwealth and the influential sermon “A Model of Christian Charity”

Mayflower Compact

Agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system established in Plymouth Colony

William Bradford

Key leader of the Pilgrims who founded Plymouth colony. Served as governor for many years and known for influential account of the colony’s early years

Congregational Church

A type of Christian church where the individual congregation has the primary authority in governing itself, rather than being subject to a higher ecclesiastical body

Roger Williams

Colonial American minister who founded Rhode Island in 1636 as a haven for religious freedom and seperation of church and state

Anne Hutchinson

English-born Puritan leader who challenged the religious and political authorities in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by hosting large theological discussions for women and men

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

An agreement in 1639 that established a self-governing community in the Connecticut River Valley, creating a written framework for its government with elected officials and a representative General Court

Iroquois Confederation

Powerful alliance of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America.

Metacom/King Philip

17th-century chief of the Wampanoag people in New England

Pequot War

A conflict in colonial New England between the Pequot tribe and English settlers, a long with their Native American allies

Bacon’s Rebellion

Uprising by Backcountry Virginia Colonists, led by Nathaniel Bacon, against the rule of Governor William Berkeley and his administration in 1676-77

Sir William Berkeley

Longest serving governor of colonial Virginia, in office from 1641-1652 and 1660-1677. Failed to secure colonists safety from Native Americans and started Bacon’s Rebellion

Royal Colony

A territory governed directly by a monarch (like a king or queen) through an appointed governor and council who are responsible to the crown.

Headright System

A colonial practice, primarily in Virgina, where a 50-acre land grant was given to anyone who sponsored an immigrant’s passage to the colonies, effectively giving a landowner “Headright” for each person they brought over