Triangular Trade
A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Bacon's Rebellion
A rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attemp to gain more land
Middle Passage
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
John Rolfe
Jamestown colony leader who showed that tobacco could be grown successfully in Virginia. Married Pocahontas which created temporary peace
Indentured Servants
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for 4-7 years of work
House of Burgesses
served as the first representative government in colonial america. first met in jamestown, virginia. Represented a limited constitution. Burgesses were elected representatives
mercantilism
countries must get gold and silver to be self-sufficient, favorable balance of trade means more gold coming in then going out
mayflower compact
an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas
Navigation Acts
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.
Salutary Neglect
An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
Separatists
Small group of Puritans who sought to break away entirely from the Church of England; after initially settling in Holland, a number of English Separatists made their way to Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts in 1620.
Purtians
a religous group who wanted even greater reform of the church of england
Quakers
Believed in equality; cooperation, religious toleration and pacificism. The separatists and Purtains did not like this.
Maryland Toleration Act
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