test 2 Flashcards
where groups of englishmen invest money and allowed others to buy a stock of the buissneses in which failure ment loss of amount invested.
joint stock company
colony’s governed by a charter granted by the king
charter colony
colonies given by the king to individuals or grouos
proprietary colony
colonies the king had direct controll over
royal colony
members of the Anglican church who hoped to purify it of roman catholic practiced or cerimoneis
puritans
group that chose to seperate themselves from the Anglican church and hold their own worship services
seperatists
agreement the pilgrims made for establishing the first self government in the new world.
mayflower compact
some plan for connecticut
fundamental orders of connectIcut
economic system that measured wealth by how much gold and silver a nation possesed
mercantilism
aka society of friends, group that separated from the Anglican church , trembled at the word of God
quakers
member of wealthy English family and pennsylvania was named after him
William penn
founder of colony of georgia
James olgethorpe
guaritied religous freedom in Maryland to all who believed in the Trinity
act of toleration
contrast the seperatists and puritans
seperatists left the church and puritans tried to change it
compare Jamestown and Plymouth
both struggled with disease and death, Plymouth had better relations with the natives but not for long.
what was the role of religion in the massachusets bay colony
the government was closely tied with rligion
3 regions the British colonies were divided into
new enlgand middle and southern
compare diferent British colony regions.
New England had craftsmen skilled in shipbuilding. The Mid-Atlantic had a workforce of farmers, fishermen, and merchants. The Southern Colonies were mostly agricultural with few cities and limited schools. New England’s economy at first specialized in nautical equipment.
which colonies were in each region
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (the Middle colonies
The New England colonies were the northernmost of the colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (the Southern colonies).
long term importance of the mayflower compact and the Fundemental orders of connecticut
The Mayflower Compact promoted the concept of a social contract. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first written constitution in America. The spread of the Gospel provided the colonial Americans with a common heritage.
