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APUSH Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Roanoke Island | The first English settlement which mysteriously disappeared. It wasn’t until 1607 with the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia that the English colonization of North America was set in motion |
| Virginia Company | of London was a joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America |
| First Virginia Charter | A significant document in American history because it guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights of Englishmen in Britain. |
| Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North America |
| the starving time | Was especially harsh, and relations between the English and the indigenous Powhatans were strained. |
| John Smith | A captain who helped the fledgling colony of Jamestown through its most difficult period |
| Headright System | Created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia, provided 50 acres, attract new settlers to the New World and address the labor shortage, was used mainly in Virginia, increasing the population in the British colonies. |
| Indentured Servants | People who pledged or were ordered to perform five to seven years of labor in order for passage to the New World and a chance to become a landowner one day. |
| House of Burgesses | The first legislative assembly in the American colonies |
| Triangular Trade | A economic exchange among Europe, New World, and West Africa |
| Race-based chattel slavery | Took root in the American colonies slowly. Under this system, enslaved black people were considered property (chattel) and were bought and sold |
| Act of Toleration | In 1649 which granted freedom of worship to all Christians (Catholics and Protestants) settling there |
| Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends | Are people who belong to a Protestant Christian denomination with very different beliefs than the Calvinist Puritans |
| Salutary Neglect | Was an unwritten, unofficial policy of the British government in practice from about the late 1600s to the mid-1700s that allowed its North American colonies to develop largely on their own with little British interference |
| Self-government | A representative assembly was chosen white male land owners to rule each colony. Governors were only chosen in Rhode Island and Connecticut. A owner of Pennsylvania + Maryland/the monarch New York + Virginia appointed the governors of the other colonies. |
| Self-taxation with representation | Came to be a cherished privilege that Americans came to value above most other rights |
| John Peter Zenger | A New York newspaper printer, was taken to court and charged with seditious libel (sedition = inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch; libel = a published false statement that is damaging to someone’s reputation) |
| Colonial Print Culture | Facilitated political and religious debates and it also played a key role in the growing colonial and Atlantic economies |
| Great Puritan Migration | A period in the 17th century during which English Puritans migrated to New England, the Chesapeake and the West Indies |
| Plymouth Colony | In the 1620s (the first major settlement in New England) |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | Between 1630 and 1642 (the second major settlement in New England) |
| Mayflower Compact | A simple agreement to form a crude government upon landing and submit to the will of the majority (“majority rule”). |
| John Winthrop | Emigrated to the New Work in 1630 and would serve many terms as governor of Massachusetts. His vision for a religious society created the basis that remained in place in Massachusetts |
| City upon a hill | Teaching of salt and light in Jesus's sermon on the Mount. It's used in political expression in the United States politics is that of a declaration of American exceptionally to refer to America acting as holding a promise to the world |
| Roger Williams | Was a popular Salem minister who challenged the Puritan Church by saying he believed people in it were trying to take too much power |
| Fundamental Orders | Provided the framework for the government of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662, consisted of a preamble (an agreement uniting three towns) and 11 orders (laws) - setting its structure and powers, and access to the open ocean for trading |
| First Indian War/Metacom's War/ King Philips War | It was the Native American's last-chance effort to avoid recognizing English authority and stop English settlement on their native lands |
| New England Confederation | A joint alliance to provide military support from attacks by Native Americans, the Dutch, and the French. |
| Dominion of New England | Creating a superunion of several New England colonies, placed under the control of King James II of England |
| Navigation Acts | Long series of English laws to developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies |
| Blue Laws | Statutes governing personal behavior—were found both in Europe and the American colonies |
| Town Meeting | At the town hall was a unique form of local participation in government that became popular in New England |
| Salem Witch Trials | A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft |
| Half-Way Covenant | Was a religious-political solution adopted by mid 17th-century New England Congregationalists/Puritans, that allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized and thus become church members and have political rights. |
| First Great Awakening | Was the first religious experience shared by all Americans as a group |
| Jonathan Edwards | Was a preacher with fiery preaching methods, emotionally moving many listeners to tears while talking of the eternal damnation that nonbelievers would face after death |
| George Whitefield | Was an Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement |
| Dominance of English culture | Great majority of the population were English in origin, language, and tradition. Diversity of culture was created by Africans and European immigrants. |
| Religious Toleration | All of the colonies permitted the practice of different religions, but with varying degrees of freedom. Least tolerant is Massachusetts minus Non Christians + Catholics, it accepted a number of Protestant denominations. Most liberal RI and Pennsylvania |
| No Hereditary Aristocracy | The social extremes of Europe, with a nobility that inherited special privileges and masses of hungry poor, were missing in the colonies. A narrower class system, based on economics, was developing. Wealthy landowners were at the top |
| Social Mobility | With the major exception of African Americans, everybody in colonial society had an opportunity to improve their standard of living and social status by hard work |
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