History Test Friday

Middle Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; Grew grains "breadbasket" colonies; Religious tolerance, William Penn

William Penn and the Quakers

creator of Pennsylvania for haven of religion

Southern Colonies

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia; slaves, hot, peaceful to violent native americans, catholicism and anglican

New England Colonies

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire; fishing, puritans, Roger Williams, King philip war, Mayflower Compact

Roger Williams

Founder of Rhode Island after being banished. 1636 refuge for religious outcasts

Mayflower Compact

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by men on the Mayflower and set up a fair and government for the Plymouth colony.

King Philip's War

Colonists burned down Native Village for land after creating laws against them

Pequot War

King Philips war

Bacon's Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon and farmers attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land. Conquer and burn Jamestown.

House of Burgesses

First Legislative body. Made in Virginia

Plymouth Colony

Established by separatists seeking religious get away

Great Awakening

Religious revival in the American colonieswhere a number of new Protestant churches were established.

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

Preacher during the First Great Awakening; "Sinners in the hands of angry god

Salutary Neglect

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

Mercantilism

Export more than import (to motherland) for wealth

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

first written constitution in America