history ch 2 sec 3-5

What led New Amsterdam to become New York?

England's King Charles gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who renamed it New York.

what were two main beliefs of the quakers who founded pennsylvania?

everyone was equal and could follow inner light

Who wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution and also designed Philadelphia?

william penn

What did indentured servants promise to do to pay for their passage to America?

agree to work without pay for certain time

what caused bacon's rebellion in western virgina?

opposed colonial gov because it was dominated by easterners

2 crops that dominated agriculture in southern colony of carolina

rice & indigo

Who received a charter from King George II to establish the colony of Georgia?

james oglethorpe

What made large-scale farming difficult in New England?

long winters and rocky soil

what group did southern planters exploit as their farming operations expanded?

the work of enslaved Africans

What was the Middle Passage?

The journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas

what are the principles of gov from the eng system that the u.s. constitution us based upon?

protecting rights and representative legislature

what were the characteristics of family life for most early american families?

close relationships, depended on each other to survive, women \= cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care. men \= plant crops, tend to livestock, build homes

what was the great awakening that swept thru the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s?

a religious revival

patroons

landowners who received grants, ruled like kings and had their own courts and laws

ethnic groups

large groups of people who share ancestral, language, cultural, or religious ties and a common identity

pacifists

people who refuse to fight in any war because they believe war is evil

Indentured Servants

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

estates

large area of land that has one owner

constitution

detailed written plan for a government; a list of basic laws that support a government

indigo

a blue flowering plant used to dye cloth

debtors

person or country that owes money

subsistence farming

producing just enough to meet immediate needs

triangular trades

pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the americans, africa, europe

slave codes

rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved africans

william penn

founded pennsylvania after receiving land from king, used it to practice quaker beliefs

nathaniel bacon

a young planter in western virginia that opposed colonial gov. known for bacons rebellion

bacons rebellion

armed rebellion held by virginia settlers taking place from 1676-1677 led by nathanial bacon

the great awakening

Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.

john locke

eng philosopher who wrote a constitution for gov of carolina, known for writing the constitution and pioneered the ideas of natural law