13 Colonies

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America (founded in 1607 by The Virginia Company)

Mayflower Compact

A compact (written agreement) that was signed on the Mayflower ship establishing a direct democracy

Indentured Servant

A servant who is paid for their services

Dissenter

One who appeases official/common views

Cash Crops

Crops grown in large quantities to be sold

Plantations

Large field of estate of crops

New England Colonies

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Middle Colonies

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Southern Colonies

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

House of Burgesses

The assemblies burgesses (representatives who were elected by Jamestown colonists) would attend as part of a self-government and rep. democracy

Explain two reasons why Americans resentment towards England grew

Americans had fewer rights than the residents of Great Britain, and that their governor put British interests above their own

Give one pro and one con of being an indentured servant

Pro: indentured servants receive shelter and food
Con: physically taxing labor

Explain the irony regarding the Puritans after they founded the MA Bay Colony

They left England for religious freedom, and to escape from persecution but at the same time disallowed people in MA to practice different religions