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Colonial Era Review

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EvangelismGreat Awakening Spiritualism emphasizing emotional delivery of the Gospels
Indentured servitudeFree passage to new world for 7 years of labor
Joint-stock companyGroup of investors who buy the right to make a colony
MercantilismEconomic theory, establish favorable balance of trade, mother country controls species
Middle PassageShipment of slave to new world as part of triangular trade
proprietary colonyColony owned by a one or more individuals
royal colonyColony ruled the king
salutary neglectLack of English Enforcement of Navigation Act
tariffsTax on imported goods
Bacon's RebellionFormer indentured servant's revolt against Jamestown Gov't for failure to prevent Indian Raids
Glorious RevolutionWilliam and Mary ascent to the thrown demonstrating popular opposition to oppressive rule brings change
Great AwakeningReligious Revival of 1730s brought Evangelism to the masses
Great Migration1630s immigration of 20,000+ Puritans to Mass. Bay Colony
King Philip's War1675-76 War Between New England Settlers and American Indians
King William's War1689-97 War between Indians allied with the English and French Settlers
Pequot War1637-38 War between Mass. Bay Colonist and Conn. American Indians
Salem witchcraft trials1692 Prosecution of single women as witches
starving time1609-1610 Jamestown hardship
stono uprising1739 South Carolina Slave Revolt
absolutistsBelief in unlimited power of the Monarch
congregationalistsPuritans who wished to purify the Anglican Church
Jonathan EdwardsCongregationalist Minister known for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Benjamin FranklinEarly American Inventor, Writer, Educator and Stateman
Anne HutchinsonPuritan Dissenter advocate of Antinomianism banned from Mass Bay Colony
PilgrimsSeparatists who settled at Plymouth Rock
PocahontasWife of John Rolfe, famed member of Powhatan tribe
PowhatanVirginian Native American Tribe / Harassed / Harassed by Jamestown Settlement
Sir Walter RaleighEnglish Explorer, founder of 1587 failed settlement at Roanoke
SeparatistsPuritans who wanted to break away from the Anglican Church
John SmithLeader of Jamestown Settlement, enforced martial law
George WhitefieldMethodist Preacher during Great Awakening
Roger WilliamsFounder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Charter colonyA type of colony typically owned by a Joint-Stock Company
ChesapeakeMiddle Atlantic region including Virginian and Maryland Colonies
JamestownFounded by Joint Stock Company in search of Western Passage and Gold, saved by Tobacco
the lower southCarolinas, concentrated on cash crops, slaves 50%+ of population
Massachusetts Bay ColonyNorthern Puritan Colony based on concept of covenant and served a communal ideal
Middle coloniesMost diverse colonies in terms of religion and economic activities
New EnglandCongregationalist Colonies focused primarily on trade
Dominion of New England1686-1689 defensive alliance to enforce Navigation Acts and Fight Indians
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut1639 Constitution. First in New World
Halfway Covenant1662 act providing partial membership in Puritan church of Children/Grandchildren of members
Maryland Act of TolerationFreedom of religion guarantee
Mayflower Compact1620 Agreement acknowledging right to government derives from consent of the governed
Navigation Act1651 Act required goods bought and sold only to England; non-English goods highly taxed


Holy Spirit Preparatory
Atlanta, GA

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