Massachusetts Bay Colony - CORRECT ANSWER-Established in 1629 by the Puritans.
Governor John Winthrop called it a "city upon a hill." Established for
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Puritans - CORRECT ANSWER-Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World to
develop a purer church than the Church of England.
Indentured Servents - CORRECT ANSWER-Exchanged work for passage to the New
World.
London Company - CORRECT ANSWER-Permitted by King James I to establish
Jamestown for economic reasons.
Powhatan Confederacy - CORRECT ANSWER-Native American alliance who had early
conflict with the Jamestown settlers. Eventually, they developed a trade alliance and
provided the colonists with corn. Pocahontas married John Rolfe to ensure future
peace.
House of Burgesses - CORRECT ANSWER-Created in 1619 by the Virginia colony.
First representative government in any British colony.
William Bradford - CORRECT ANSWER-Leader of the Seperatist pilgrims who landed
on Plymouth Rock.
Mayflower Compact - CORRECT ANSWER-1620. Provided the pilgrims with a
representative government once they reached land.
Roger Williams - CORRECT ANSWER-Preached separation of church and state, and
argued that Mass. Bay Colony was too similar to the Church of England. He was exiled
for spreading dissent and went to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker/John Davenport - CORRECT ANSWER-Founded the colony of
Connecticut. Hooker had been forced out of Mass. Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson - CORRECT ANSWER-Exiled from Mass. Bay Colony for claiming
personal revelations with God. Established Portsmouth.
George Calvert - CORRECT ANSWER-Settled Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for English
Catholics.
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER-Economic theory: state must be as self-sufficient
as possible, export more than input, government regulation of commerce, colonies,
tariffs, monopolies.
Navigation Acts - CORRECT ANSWER-Passed in 1660. Forced colonies to trade solely
with Great Britain, increased tensions.
Triangular Trade Route - CORRECT ANSWER-Slaves taken from Africa and brought to
the colonies, raw materials from colonies went to Britain, finished products sold back to
the colonies.
Middle Passage - CORRECT ANSWER-African slave route in which many died from
horrible conditions.
Salem Witch Trials - CORRECT ANSWER-Hysteria in Salem, Mass. over alleged
witches. Many executed on false claims.
Salutary Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER-British policy of relaxing enforcement of trade
regulations in the colonies.
Dominion of New England - CORRECT ANSWER-Revoked the charters of many
colonies and placed control under Edmund Andros, the governor.
Bacon's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER-Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landowners
opposed Sir Berkeley's authority and burned Jamestown to the ground. Failed, but
limited royal governor's power and increased the slave trade.
Stono Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves
took up arms and killed plantation owners, but were quickly subdued. Results: slaves
treated even more harshly.
Colonial Assemblies - CORRECT ANSWER-Rose in the early 1700s. Increased colonial
independence, scaring the British.
Molasses Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Increased British control on colonial goods.
First Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER-Religious revival in the colonies in 1720-
1740. Ministers preached horrible images of sinners burning in hell and gained
popularity off of fear. Famous among them were Jonathon Edwards and George
Whitefield.
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER-Conflict between French with Indian
allies and the British with colonial support. Decreased French influence in colonies.
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Enacted a tax on all paper products exported from
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