Period 2: 1607 - 1754 Flashcards
provides labor under Fuedalism
peasantry
under Fuedalism, monarchy gives peasantry —- in exchange for their labor and taxes
protection
indentured servitude was usually —- to —- years
7 - 10
labor system where people either pay off debts or elevate social status by providing labor
indentured servitude
labor system where slave masters had absolute legal ownership of slaves and the condition of slavery is inheritable; more profitable than indentured servitude
chattl slavery
top 2% of landowners
gentry
idea in 1400s European Christianity that profiting excessively and charging interest beyond fair prices is criminal
usury
after the renaissance in Europe in 1450, —- replaces —-
profit replaces usury
year the Mayflower landed
1620
first democratic document in america
mayflower compact
migration of 20,000 Puritans to New England
Great Migration
year of the Great Migration
1642