Chapter 2 Test Flashcards
Hidalgos
young adventurous spanish gentlemen
conquistadors
spanish conquerers
Isthmus?
narrow strip of land that joins two larger land areas
Mestizos
spanish for mixed
colonies
areas settled by immigrants who continue to be ruled by their parent colony
Presidios
spanish settlements that eventually dotted the South and West were forts
missions
missionaries go and preach
Pueblo Revolt of 1680
spanish started taking over and the people revolted and killed many leaders and spanish people and hurt the population of the spanish
charter
certificate of permission
joint stock company
invest and share the gains and loses of the company
indentured servants
people that come over and as a result owe around 7 years of service to a master
Bacon’s rebellion
raised an army to fight the native americans but when governor william berkley was angry he turned it around on him
New england colonies
new england states
Pilgrims?
a group of separatists
puritans?
wanted purer church and type of worship
persectued
attacked for their beliefs
mayflower compact
pilgrims made settlers sign saying they would not leave the colony
Great Migration
settlers came from all aroun, and massachusetts colony had 16,oo people among 20 towns and capital was boston
religious tolerance
the idea that people of different religions could live in peace
salem witch trials,
took notes
Sachem?
native american leader
Pequot war?
took down a pequot fort killing over 500 people inside, went on to capture and kill any others.
mIddle cOlonies?
new york, new jersey, Pennsylvania, and delaware
diversity
variety of people
synagogue
jewish house of worship
proprietary colony
colony granted by a king or queen to an individual or group that has full governing rights
Quakers
members of a protestant group that had suffered persecution in england, believed people should be treated as equals
haven
safe place
southern colonies
maryland, carolinas and georgia
trustees
someone entrusted to look after a business
Mass Plymouth, Bay colony
1630,
NEw Hampshire
1623,
who was mass plymouth, and mass bay led by
willim bradford, john winthrop
what was mass plymouth and mass bay economic activities?
fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, triangular trade, rum, whaling
What was the reason from mass plymouth and mass bay
- escape religious persecution. 2. establish a puritan commonwealth, fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, triangular trade, rum, whaling
NEW hampshire
1623
why was new hampshire settled?
profit from trade nd fishin
who were new hams leaders
benning wentworth and john wentworth
what were their economic activities
trade,fishing
When was Connecticut settled
1636
Why was CT settled
establish a puritan settlement and establish a fur trade route
WHO WERE CT leaders
thomas hooker
what was CT economic activities
triangular trade
Rhode island settled in
1636
Y was RI settled
escape religious intolerance of MASS BAY
what was ri economic activities
shipping, livestock, agriculture
New York?
1626
Ny settled bc
they wanted to expand
leaders of NY
James of New york,
Ny eonomic activities
wheat, milling, lumber, furs, sugar refining, distilling, shipbuilding, trade
DElaware
1638
why did they settle delaware
trade
who was delaware leaders
john pritz/william penn
what was delawares economic activities
trade and farming
New Jersey?
1664
Why did they settle NJ
trading post, refuge for quakers from england.
NJ leaders
john berkley and john cartet
why was NJ economic activities
trade and farming
Pennsylvania
1681 called this bc it meant penns wood after william penn
why did they establish PA
estabish a quaker colony, tolerance of religion
what was PA economic activity
trade, farming
Maryland settled in?
1634
Maryland settled bc
to establish a catholic settlement; escape religious persecution
MD leaders
george calvert(lord baltimore)
MD economic activities
tobacco
Virginia settled in
1607
why did they settle VA
ssearch for gold, english outpost against spain
VA LEADERS
john smith, john rolfe, thomas dale
VA economic activities
tobacco
