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Colonzation #2
Question | Answer |
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House of Burgesses | 1st Legislative body in the New World |
Act of Toleration | Allows limited religious freedom for Catholics |
Bacon’s Rebellion | Rebellion led over high taxes and lack protection against Native Americans |
Governor Berkeley | Governor of Virginia during Bacon’s Rebellion |
Indentured Servants | English who paid for their voyage to the New World via labor |
Headright System | 50 acres of land for you and everyone you pay for to come to Virginia |
Anne Hutchinson | Religious heretic banished from MBC who founded Rhode Island |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | Thomas Hooker’s 1st colonial Constitution |
Halfway Covenant | Attempt by Mass Bay to soften religious restrictions |
New England Confederation | Mutual Defense group made up of the New England Colonies |
Pequot War | 1st major Indian war |
King Philip’s War | 2nd Major Indian war created by the unification of various tribes in New England |
Mercantilism | Economic systems that seeks a positive balance of trade by acquiring colonies |
Specie | Gold or Silver = Hard currency |
Balance of Trade | . Exports minus Imports |
Tariff | Tax on imported Goods |
Harvard | .1st University in the New World set up to train ministers |
J.P. Zanger | NY reporter cleared of libel when he accuses the Royal Gov. of corruption |
Libel | writing something about somebody that is not true |
Triangle Trade | Trade between the Americas, Europe and Africa |
Middle Passage | Refers to the trip slaves made from Africa to the New World |
Navigation Acts | Strict rules placed on the 13 colonies about what they trade and with whom |
Salutary Neglect | The British Crown leaves the Colonies alone |
Salem Witch Trials | 19 people and 2 dogs are executed for witchcraft in Salem, Mass in 1692 |