Colonial Test Review
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- William Penn
- Quaker-founder of Pennsylvania-thought gov. had too much power
- Great Awakening
- Religious revival movement in the colonies
- Rhode Island
- 1636-Roger Williams-religious freedom-thought gov. had too much power-NE Colony
- Peter Minuit
- founder of NY
- Massachusetts Bay Colony
- founded by John Winthrop for religious freedom (Puritans-wanted to purify the church)-NE colony-1630
- John Peter Zenger
- A New York editor whose trial for seditious libel backfired on the government; the jury found that truth was a defense for libel.
- Pennsylvania
- 1681-Middle Colony-William Penn.-Quakers settled there
- Delaware
- 1638-Dutch/Swedish Settlers-exploring Atlantic Coast-Middle Colony
- New York/New Netherlands
- named after Duke of York-Middle colony-1624-Minuit-trading center
- Mercantilism
- a colony exists for the benefit of the mother country
- James Oglethorpe
- founder of Georgia
- Quakers
- group of people in Pennsylvania who believed all people were equal
- Virginia
- southern colony-*JAMESTOWN 1607 1ST PERMENANT SETTLEMENT
- Pilgrims (separatists)
- Mayflower----->Plymouth-Nov. 9th, 1620-wanted to separate from church
- Enlightenment
- 1600-1700s-use reason, not superstition to understand the world
- William Bradford
- founder of Plymouth, Massachusetts-Nov. 9th, 1620-separatist;wanted to separate from church
- Act of Toleration
- Guaranteed toleration for all Christians.
- Maryland
- 1632-Lord Baltimore-build a colony for Catholics-Southern Colony
- Thomas Hooker
- founder of Connecticut
- Salem Witch Trials
- happened in Massachusetts-1692-hysteria
- John Winthrop
- founder of Massachusetts Bay-1630-wanted to purify the church of England
- Protestant Reformation
- a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
- Carolina's
- southern colonies-1663-group of 8 English settlers-started out as 1 colony but split into 2
- Legislative Branch
- makes laws
- Slave codes
- laws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people
- Royal Colony
- A colony under the direct control of a monarch
- Ferdinando Gorges
- founder of New Hampshire
- John Mason
- One of the founders of New Hampshire
- Mayflower Compact
- created on Nov. 11th, 1620-stating Plymouth was officially a colony
- Navigation Acts
- Laws passed by the British to control colonial trade
- Georgia
- southern colony-1732-James Oglethorpe-wanted a new colony where debtors could make a fresh start
- Pocahontas
- a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
- New Hampshire
- NE colony-1622-wanted to profit from trade-Gorges
- Cash Crop
- crops that are sold for money in market
- Connecticut
- 1636-NE colony-Thomas Hooker-religious freedom+expand trade-gov. had too much power
- House of Burgesses
- 1619- first meeting held-1st representative legislative body in the New World
- Apprentice
- worked for a master to learn a trade-work+live w/ master
- Proprietary Colony
- colony given to an individual or group by British crown;separate laws and gov. granted *rent the land
- New Jersey
- Middle Colony-originated from New York-1664
- Lord Baltimore
- founder of Maryland-wanted to build a colony where Catholics could practice their religion freely
- John Smith
- leader of Jamestown-kept colony together till 1608
- Plymouth
- in Massachusetts-founded on Nov. 9th, 1620-helped by Squanto which led to 1st Thanksgiving-William Bradford;settled there (separatists) for religious freedom-NE colony
- Magna Carta
- 1215; made to limit King John's power
- George Carteret
- one of the founders of New Jersey
- English Bill of Rights
- 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.
- Roger Williams
- founder of Rhode Island-thought gov. had too much power
- Parliament
- a legislative assembly in certain countries
- John Edwards
- Preacher in New England who helped set off the Great Awakening
- Anne Hutchinson
- American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
- John Locke
- gain knowledge by observing+experimenting (1600-1700s)
- Town Meetings
- 1st form of democracy
- Squanto
- Native American-helped pilgrims-led to first Thanksgiving
- Ben Franklin
- use reason to improve the world (lightening rod, biffocals)
- John Berkeley
- *one of the founders of New Jersey-He participated in the exile of the royal family, in 1652, and was placed at the head of the Duke of York's establishment, having the management of all the Duke's receipts and expenditures
- Jamestown
- in Virginia;founded in 1607 (leader was John Smith)-faced starvation (1609-1610), malaria, no fresh drinking water, and settlement was on swampy area-cash crop was tobacco-Middle Colony-*IST PERMENANT SETTLEMENT
- Puritans
- wanted to purify church-settled in Jamestown
- Triangular Trade
- trade from North America (sugar, tobacco, cotton) to Europe (rum, textiles, manufactured goods) to Africa (slaves)