Covenant Community
A community that
ABIDES BY REGULATIONS set forth
in a WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
Mayflower Compact
AGREEMENT written and signed by PILGRIM LEADERS before leaving
the Mayflower to form a
GOVERNMENT and submit to the will
of the majority.
Religious Freedom
FREEDOM TO PRACTICE the RELIGION of your choice.
Religious Intolerance
UNWILLINGNESS TO GRANT
EQUAL FREEDOM of expression to other religious groups, such as PURITANS in New England.
Religious Tolerance
WILLINGNESS TO GRANT
EQUAL FREEDOM of expression to
other religious groups, such as QUAKERS and CATHOLICS
in the mid-Atlantic.
Immigrant
a person who
COMES TO A COUNTRY to take up
PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
Direct Democracy
a system of government in which the PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY
have the opportunity to
VOTE TO CREATE NEW LAWS.
Town Meeting
a GATHERING OF PEOPLE in
NEW ENGLAND to discuss and
VOTE ON NEW LAWS, practicing DIRECT DEMOCRACY.`
Economic Opportunity
The ability to MAKE A PROFIT through business ventures.
Cavalier
An ENGLISH NOBLE who came to the New World and was GIVEN LAND BY THE KING.
Land Grant
a LARGE PIECE OF LAND in the
New World GIVEN BY THE KING of England TO A CAVALIER
Indentured Servants
POOR PEOPLE who
WORKED FOR OTHERS
in the New World for a number of
years IN EXCHANGE FOR
THE COST OF THEIR TRAVEL
from Europe
Virginia Company of London
the company that STARTED the
settlement at JAMESTOWN to seek ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Jamestown
the FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT in NORTH AMERICA
VA House of Burgesses
the FIRST ELECTED ASSEMBLY in
the NEW WORLD that has
OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY
SINCE THE 1640'S
VA General Assembly
the current LAWMAKING BODY of Virginia that STARTED in the 1640's
AS THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES
Agricultural Economy
An economy based on
SELLING CROPS grown on
FARMS AND PLANTATIONS
France
the European country that had the MOST PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
IN CANADA
Disease
the main REASON that so many NATIVE AMERICANS DIED after the Europeans arrived
1607
the year that JAMESTOWN
WAS ESTABLISHED
Spain
the EUROPEAN COUNTRY from
which many people CAME TO THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Africa
the CONTINENT from which people were brought to the New World as SLAVES
England & Spain
the two EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
who had the MOST CONFLICT
WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
in the New World
1619
the year the
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS were brought to JAMESTOWN to work on TOBACCO PLANTATIONS
Economy
how societies produce, distribute,
and consume of goods and
services; HOW A REGION
MAKES MONEY
Free Enterprise System
PRIVATE BUSINESSES with
MINIMAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION
New York & Philadelphia
SEAPORTS and commercial centers
in the MIDDLE ATLANTIC states
Cash Crop
a crop that could be grown in
LARGE QUANTITIES on plantations
and SOLD FOR A PROFIT in Europe
Small-scale Subsistence Farming
SMALL FARMS that supported
the needs of a FAMILY
Puritans
members of the Church of England
who WANTED A PURIFIED
CHURCH without ceremonies and
rich clothes; settled in New England
INTOLERANT of other religions
Anglicans
Members of the
CHURCH OF ENGLAND;
all Englishmen were expected to
belong to this church
Quakers, Jews, Huguenots & Presbyterians
TOLERANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS
that settled in the MIDDLE ATLANTIC colonies - Quakers in Pennsylvania,
Jews & Huguenots in New York, and
Presbyterians in New Jersey
Methodists & Baptists
EVANGELICAL RELIGIONS
that spread throughout Europe and
the colonies during the
"GREAT AWAKENING"
in the mid-1700's
Great Awakening
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
DURING THE MID-1700'S
led to the rapid growth of evangelical religions, challenged the established religious and governmental order, and laid social foundations for
American Revolution
Middle Passage
the middle part of the Triangle Trade ROUTE WHICH BROUGHT SLAVES
to the New World