City Upon A Hill
expectation that the Massachusetts Bay colony would shine like an example to the world
House of Burgesses
first English representative government in North America-setting laws
Push and Pull Factors
The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a place and the pull factor is what draws them to a new location.
Royal colony
a colony governed directly by the crown through a governor and council appointed
Proprietary colony
a colony granted to some individual or individuals with the fullest prerogatives of government
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
Virginia Colony
founded to give the English territorial claims to America as well as to offer a colonial market for trade.
John Smith
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia
John Rolfe
He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
Pocahontas
A native Indian of America, daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; about 1595-1617; Pocahontas' brave actions in saving an Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations.
Starving Time
The Starving Time at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of starvation during the winter of 1609-1610.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
the first English chartered colony whose board of governors did not reside in England.
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Salutary Neglect
an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty
Triangle Trade
a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
Indentured Servants
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor