Early Colonies Test Flashcards
Economic theory that emphasized commerce
Mercantilism
System of trade involving Europe, Africa, and the Americas
The triangle trade route
The defeat of the Spanish ________in 1588 helped open the way to English colonization
Armada
The voyage from Africa to the Americas
The middle passage
Approximately _____million Africans were kidnapped into slavery
20
Manhattan was once____
New Amsterdam
Leader of Massachusetts who hoped for a city upon a hill
John Winthrop
Companies formed to spread risk over many investors
Joint stock companies
Revolution of 1688
Glorious Revolution
Where first English child was born in North America
Roanoke
Before it was New Jersey much of it was____
New Sweden
Cash crop of South Carolina
Rice
Another word for contract to work
Indenture
First successful English settlement on North America mainland
Jamestown
Type of Connie where Gov. was appointed by the king
Royle
Cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies
Tobacco
Colonies founded as a buffer from Spain and Haven for debtors
Georgia
King who authorized colonization and 1606
King James
Banished for her belief that individuals could interpret scripture without ministers
Anne Hutchinson
Under Queen Elizabeth, England became the champion of _____ Nations
Protestant
Period Between Kings, 1649 to 1660
Interregnum
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had _____ of church and state
Separation
Wanting to rid the church of England of Catholic hierarchies
Puritans
The first government of Plymouth was created by the
Mayflower compact
Acts passed to ensure English control of goods going into an out of the colonies
Navigation acts
Colony founded as a haven for Catholics
Maryland
Denied the vote in Rhode Island
Catholics
Document that served as the Constitution for a colony
Charter
Government run by religion
Theocracy
Puritan churches of New England were each run by there
Congregation
Type of colony controlled by one man or small group of men
Proprietary
System used to encourage plantation owners to increase population of Virginia
Head right system if you paid for the passage of an indentured servant you would receive 50 acres of land
Religion of William penn
Quaker
Founded a colony after being banished from one
Roger Williams – founded Rhode Island
English colony taken from Dutch in 1664
New York
1649 act to guarantee religious freedom for all Christians in one colony
Toleration act Maryland
Protestants believed in freedom of
Conscience
Led rebellion in Jamestown in 1676
Bacon
Dominant official church of southern colonies
Anglican like in England