black codes - ANS-laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling
freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit african
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encomiendas - ANS-land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from
native americans
evangelicalism - ANS-stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the
means of salvation, based on emotionalism and spiritualism
headright system - ANS-Headrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres
which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were
used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.
indentured servitude - ANS-the system of temporary servitude, where young men and
women bound themselves to masters for fixed terms of servitude (four to five years), in
exchange for passage to America, food and shelter. This method of labor was one of
the largest elements of colonial population in America.
joint-stock company - ANS-A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each
shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the
company's profits and debts.
mercantilism - ANS-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
middle passage - ANS-the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean
and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade
proprietary colony - ANS-English colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in
exchange for a yearly payment
puritanism - ANS-Movement in the English church in the late 16th to remove all catholic
influences and purify., the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom
were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
royal colony - ANS-A colony under the direct control of a monarch
salutary neglect - ANS-an english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its
colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty.
slavery - ANS-work done under harsh conditions for little or no paytariffs - ANS-taxes on imports and exports [Show Less]