13 colonies Flashcards
Reasons for English colonization of the Americas.
English Citizens
enconimic opportunity, personal and religious freedom.
part 2 . Reasons for English colonization of the Americas.
English Goverment
wealth power mercantilism
Jamestown: Problems
Problems: Disease, Famine(shortage of food) bugs slime dirty water
Jamestown: Solutions
Solutions: Tobacco created a goverment ( house of Burgesses)
what is Virginia’s House of Burgesses
The frist attempt to create a resprestative goverment
What is Religious persecution
Mistreatment of people because of their religion The Puritans and Pilgrims came to the new world because they faced religious perceutions
what is Religious tolerance
Tolerance acceting of others who are different Allowed others to pratice their own religon
What is the Plymouth colony
Founded by the Pilgrams who came to the new world in search of religous freedom
who founded Massachusetts Bay colony
Founded by the Puritans
What is the Mayflower Compact
Establied the principle that the goverment gets its powers from its people (named after their ship a doucment with laws to govern their colony) THE PILGRIMS
What is the Salem Witch Trials
took place in Massachusetts People were accused of practing witchcraft
Religious tolerance or intolerance- Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Maryland
RI tolerant, Penn- Tolerant Maryland- Both ( act of tolerance and a safe haven for catholics - no rights for anyone who was non- christan
What is the word Purify mean
simply
What is the Triangular Trade
a system of trade between the AMericans Europe and Africa ( the AMericans gave Eurpoe crops Europe gave Afica manufacted goods and Africa gave the AMericans slaves)
What is the Middle Passage
slaves experienced cruel treatent poor sanitary conditions starvation fiesase and impriment while they were on the ship being taken from Afica to the Americans