APUSH Period 2 Vocab

Mayflower Compact

Mayflower Compact

a legal document that kept the pilgrims together when they arrived in New England

House of Burgesses

an elected representative of the legislative body of the Virginia colony, an element of the Virginia General Assembly

Jamestown

the first permanent English settlement in America

Puritans

a group of English protestants in the late 16th and 17th century

Roger Williams

the founder of the Rhode island colony and was a pioneer of religious liberty

John Winthrop

the first governor of the Massachusetts bay colony

Anna Hutchinson

a woman who stood up to male authority and a spiritualleader in the colonial Massachusetts

Metacom’s War

an attempt from a faux-alliance of native Americans to dominate tribal lands that ended in disaster

Pueblo Revolt

the largest native american uprising in American history

Bacon’s rebellion

a failed revolution against the government of colonial Virginia

Pequot War

a conflict between the alliance of Massachusetts bay (American Indian allies) and Plymouth colonies (Pequot Indians)

Mystic Massacre

a major turning point in the Pequot war

Middle Passage

the middle segment of the forced journey that slaves made from Africa to America in the 1600s

Triangular Trade

a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays another countries for its exports with it’s imports

Chattel Slavery

a bondage system where a slave’s legal status is property and can be bought

Covert vs Overt Resistance

Covert: subtle and secretive.
Overt: killing owner, stealing food, rebelling

Zenger Case

a libel case against Peter Zenger

Maryland Act of Toleration

an act passed in Maryland in 1649 that passed freedom to all Christians

First Great Awakening

a revival that changed the “fabric of religion” in America and swept Protetantism

George Whitefeld

An English minister that toured the colonies and spread religious revival