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