Vocab Words Flashcards
Virginia legislature formed in 1619
House of Burgasses
A law making assembly
Legislature
Indentured servant
Person who agrees to work for someone else for a limited time
(7 years)
An unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676. Led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown
Bacons rebellion
Member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within Church of England
Puritan
Persecution and execution of 20 women and men for witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1692
Salem witch trails
A popular name for a member of the religious society of friends
Quaker
Economic theory that a country should acquire as much gold or silver as possible by exporting more goods then it imports
Mercantilism
Trade between the American and Europe and Africa
Triangle of trade
One leg of the triangular trade term also used to the forced transport of slave from Africa to the American
Middle passage
Religion revival in the American colonies during the 1730 and 1740
Great awakening
Why did the European countries explore?
Land =empire =power
Gold =money= power
Why did people wan to explore ?
GOLD
GLORY
GOD/RELIGION
What did the men do
Hunted fished and made tools
What did the women do?
Grew crops
Where did they live in
Villages
What was the Spanish empire interested in
Raw markets and missionary work
What were the French interested in
Fur trade
How did the spread of the English settlement affect North America ?
It was a threat to the way of their life
Where were villages by?
Rivers and streams
It was _____ for individuals to _____ themselves
Possible
Better
Revival deigned to renew religious ________ and _______ independence
Enthusiasm political
Political influence make your own religious ______ without relying on a _________
Decisions
Minister
This was the first time the colonists shared a _______ experience
Common
