Ch3 - Life in Colonial America Flashcards
Congregational churches
Puritan churches, dominated most of New England
Largest cities in colonies
Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Charles Town
New England colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Middle colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Southern colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Scots-Irish
Scottish who had immigrated to Ireland then to America
Bread colonies
Middle colonies, biggest grain producers
Quitrent
A small fixed annual fee
Headright system
A parcel of land was given to every settler/whoever paid for a settlers passage to America
Boonesborough
Fort built by Daniel Boone to protect settlers from Indians
Harvard College
The first institution of higher learning in British North America
1647
Year Ole Deluder Satan Act was passed
Hornbook
Paddle-shaped board on which the Lord’s Prayer or a bible verse and the algo abet was printed
Old-field schools
Crude southern public schools
Bay Psalm Book
First book printed in colonies