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In return for land, who brought farm families to New Netherland | Dutch patroons |
Enslaved Africans were crammed below deck on ships during the | Middle passage |
The movement of 20,000 settlers to Massachusetts was known as | the Great Migration |
Goods that were sent from the colonies to foreign markets were | exports |
consisted of the governor's council and an elected assembly | most colonial legislatures |
a movement led by thinkers who studied how natural laws applied to human behavior | Enlightenment |
gave anyone accused of a crime the right to a trial by jury | English Bill of Rights |
governed trade between England and its colonies | Navigation Acts |
revolt by settlers who wanted greater protection from Native Americans | Bacon's Rebellion |
gave religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland | Act of Toleration |
Southern Colonies - Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and the Carolinas | slaves, plantations, long growing season, debtors, and tobacco |
New England Colonies - Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire | poor, rocky soil; Puritan Religion; Roger Williams, Dissenters |
Middle Colonies - Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey | many nationalities, New Amsterdam, bread basket, and dissenters |
The purposes of the Georgia colony | 1) aid debtors, and 2) create a buffer zone |
three types of colonies | 1) proprietory, 2) royal, and 3) self-governing |
Who is Roger Williams, what are his beliefs, why Puritan leaders did not like him; and what he does | answers? |
2 branches of Colonial government | 1) government and 2) Assemblies |
Governing Branch | enforced the kings law and watched out for the English Crown |
Assemblies | looked out for the interest of the colony and make laws with the governments consent |
Four main beliefs of the Quakers | 1) equality, 2) inner light, 3) simplicity, 4) peace |
owners of large feudal estates in New Netherland | patroons |
a colony which was actually owned by one person | proprietary colony |