Period 2 Chapter 3- The English Colonies Flashcards
The English Colonies
first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
signed contracts to work for four to seven years for those that paid for their trip across the Atlantic
indentured servants
made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians
Toleration Act
laws to control slaves
slave codes
wanted to purify the Anglican Church
Puritans
a group that separated from the Church and left England in order to escape persecution
Pilgrims
people who have left the country of their birth for another country
immigrants
one of the first attempts at self government, An agreement to form a political body and give it the power to enact laws for the good of the colony
Mayflower Compact
Puritan leader, that believed that had made a covenant with God, to build the ideal Christian community
John Winthrop
believed that people’s relationship w/ God did not need guidance from ministers
Anne Hutchinson
Group that believed in equality of men and women before God
Quakers
Quaker that promised religious freedom to all Christians and created a representative self government in Pennsylvania
William Penn
crops that are always needed
staple crops
people would meet and talk and decide on local issues
town meeting
reduced the power of the English king and gave parliament more power
English Bill of Rights
a system which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Europe, and Africa
triangular trade
a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s-1740s, calling for spiritual equality
Great Awaking
one of the most important leaders of the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
reason and logic could improve society, ideas will later influence concepts in the USA government
Enlightenment
believed that England could not tax without representation, associated with the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
believed people were born with certain natural rights, will be a huge influence on Thomas Jefferson’s ideas
John Locke
committees that got in touch with other towns and colonies, sharing information about new British laws and way to challenge them
Committees of Correspondence
a popular method used by colonist to protest the British. It involved refusal to buy British goods
boycott
a tax that was placed on legal documents, newspapers, licences, this would lead to protests
Stamp Act
placed duties on glass, paints, paper, and tea. Unpopular because it took power away from the colonial governments
Townshend Acts
British soldiers killed five colonist, propaganda was used to sway the public against the British
Boston Massacre
allowed the British East Co to sell tea directly to the colonist, upsetting colonial merchants aiding to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
colonist dumped tea into Boston Harbor in protest to the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
closed Boston Harbor, Royal officals accused of crimes would be sent back to England, Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
required colonist to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
economic theory that measures wealth based on the amount of gold/silver a country obtains or creating a favorable balance of trade
mercantilism