unit 3 vocab

Question 1

A colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

Answer 1

backcountry

Question 2

A rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attemp to gain more land

Answer 2

Bacon’s rebellion

Question 3

An alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy and the colony of New York which sought to establish Iroquois dominance over all other tribes and thus put New York in an economically and politically dominant position among the other colonies

Answer 3

covalent chain

Question 4

1686 - The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). The Dominion ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros.

Answer 4

dominion of new england

Question 5

King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.

Answer 5

english bill of rights

Question 6

A 1690 act of Parliament that allowed all English Protestants to worship freely.

Answer 6

english toleration act

Question 7

A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.

Answer 7

glorious revolution

Question 8

Early, bloody conflict between English colonists and Native Americans

Answer 8

king philips war

Question 9

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

Answer 9

Mercantilism

Question 10

An English regulatory board established to oversee colonial affairs in 1675.

Answer 10

lords of trade

Question 11

Native American chief who fought against English colonists in the King Philip’s War

Answer 11

metacom

Question 12

Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.

Answer 12

navigation acts

Question 13

large estate farmed by many workers

Answer 13

plantation

Question 14

Indentured families or persons who received passage to the New World in exchange for a promise to work off their debt in America.

Answer 14

redemptioners

Question 15

Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts. 18 people were hanged as witches. Afterwards, most of the people involved admitted that the trials and executions had been a terrible mistake.

Answer 15

salem witch trials

Question 16

Christian religious movement, whose members are known as Friends or Quakers. The roots of this movement lie in 17th century English dissenters. Stressed personal inspiration as the source of faith and all action.

Answer 16

society of friends

Question 17

a crop that is continuously in demand (cash crops)

Answer 17

staple crops

Question 18

An infamous 1737 purchase of Indian land in which Pennsylvanian colonists tricked the Lenni Lanape Indians. The Lanape agreed to cede land equivalent to the distance a man could walk in thirty-six hours, but the colonists marked out an area using a team of runners.

Answer 18

walking purchase

Question 19

Revolt of Yamasee and Creek Indians, aggravated by rising debts and slave traders’ raids, against Carolina settlers. Resulted in the expulsion of many Indians to Florida.

Answer 19

Yamasee uprising