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massachusetts bay colony
english settlement founded in 1629 by the puritans.
anglicanism
church founded by henry VIII after leaving catholicism, making it the official church of england.
halfway covenant
in 1662, this covenant allowed those who had not been converted to puritanism to be baptized and have partial membership. this was created because of the decrease in devoutness of the second generation puritans.
joint stock company
a company funded by a group who partially funds a company and receives a part of the profits. james I used this in england to colonize jamestown after elizabeth I went into debt trying to privately fund a colony.
bacon’s rebellion
in virginia in 1676, a group of rebels led by nathaniel bacon performed an uprising against the government. this happened because as the population of indentured servants increased, there was not enough land for them so they attacked natives which the government told them to stop doing, making them angry because they had no other options. this rebellion was crushed, but led to reforms.
king philip’s war
in 1675, battles occurred in new hampshire between natives (led by chief king philip) and english colonists as a final attempt from the native americans to avoid english authority. ended with the natives’ defeat as the english had help from the mohawks.
sir edmund andros
from 1686 to 1692 he was the governor of the dominion of new england. forced back to england as a result of the colonists’ rebellion.
benjamin franklin
american scientist, inventor, writer, and founding father who played a major part in the american revolution.
indentured servants
agreed to labor for someone for a period of time (usually seven years) in exchange for a funded voyage to america.
mercantilism
an economic system used to increase wealth by exporting more goods than they imported.
