chapter 3 Flashcards
define the head right system
A way to attract settlers by giving them 50 acres of land for themselves and 50 acres of land for every other person they brought
and which counties did indentured servant’s fill the workforce
middle colonies
what law did the second Lord Baltimore proposed and 1649 and what was the purpose of the law
The toleration act of 1649 was to give religious freedom and prevent conflict between Protestants and Catholics
what year did the Carolina split
1712
Who took over leadership of Jamestown and what were the changes he made
John Smith took over Jamestown and convince settlers to plant crops about the houses and if you didn’t work you didn’t eat eat
what happened during Bacons rebellion
being a bacon little group of freed slaves and indentured servant’s and attack against Indians trying to take land and the natives push them back to Jamestown to the ground. this happened because they didnt agree with certain laws
Who was the person who believed that people didn’t need ministers to guide their relationships with God
Anne Hutchinson
explain what the mayflower compact did
it established them as a political society and set guidelines for self-government
what were three staple crops grown in the middle colonies
oats, wheat, and barkley
who founded pennsylvania and why
william penn founded it for quakers to have religious freedom and so he could have a colony under his control
compare and contrast the roles slaves played in the middle and southern colonies
Both had slaves but they were more predominant in the southern colonies. in the southern colonies almost everyone had slaves but there was mostly indentured servants in the middle colonies. there were strict slave codes in the south.
what kinds of people fid james oglethorpe bring with him to colonize georgia
debtors
describe how the massachusetts bay colony ran its government
they had to obey english laws but they also created a general court to help run the colony and had representatives from different regions and only men who owned land and/or who went to church
what was the purpose of settling maryland
it was a refuge for catholics
what was the main crop grown in south carolina
rice
