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| A trading system between New England, West Africa and the West Indies. |
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| Group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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| English colony in which the king gave land to proprieters in exchange for a yearly payment. |
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| Colony under the direct control of the English crown. |
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| Crop sold for money at market. |
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| Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people. |
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| German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania. |
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| Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies. |
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| Person who cannot pay money he or she owes. |
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| Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights. |
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| Theory that a nations economic strength came from keeping a strict control over its colonial trade. |
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| Person who agreed to work without wages for a certain amount of time in exchange for passage to the colonies. |
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| Religious movement in the English colonies in the early 1700's. |
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| School run by a woman, usually in her own home. |
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| Movement in Europe in the 1600's and 1700's that emphasized the use of reason. |
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| The Puritans believed that England had fallen on "evil and declining times",and the king was treating them unfairly. They acted upon the problem by... |
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| After leaving England, these people had hopes of starting a society based on biblical laws and teachings. |
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| Thought the governor and other officials of the English Church had too much power, so he left and later founded Connecticut. |
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| She questioned the Puritans church teachings which got her kicked out of Massachusetts. She Then fled to Rhode Island and became symbol of struggle for religious freedom. |
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| He settled in Rhode Island because he believed the Puritan church had too much power. Set up a colony where church and state were completely seperate. |
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| As more and more colonists settled in New England, They began taking over more... |
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| Chief Metacom (King Philip) |
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| He and the Wampanog Indians destroyed 12 towns and killed over 600 settlers in 1675. |
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| An open field in the midles of each town where settlers cattle grazed. |
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| Gathered for important town discussions and to vote on issues in this place. Also worshipped and celebrated Sabbath here. |
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| The name of New York before the Duke of York took over was... |
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| New Netherland was discovered by the... |
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| The person that took over New Netherland was... |
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| The Duke of York thought New York was too large to control, so he gave some land to his friends. That land became known as the colony... |
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| William Penn (Pennsylvania) |
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| A Quaker who called for fair treatment of the Natives and welcomed people of all faiths and countries into the colony he founded. |
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| This colony featured cash crops, large farms, skilled artisans, homes far apart, settlers from many different countries, many styles of buildings, coastal area and backcountry. |
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| He became a Roman Catholic and asked King Charles for a colony in the Americas. Then, he suddenly died. |
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| Took over after Sir George Calvert died. |
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| An act that provided religious freedom for the Christians. |
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| Settlers of this colony had high expectations for good profits from tobacco. |
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| Wealthy planters had nice land near the coast while newcomers were pushed inland onto... |
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| Natives and settlers clashed, so Bacon organized a raid through Native American Villages and burnt down the town... |
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| This colony had poor tobacco, farmers from Virginia and small farms. |
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| This colony had eight English nobles, Charlestown, settlers from the Carribean, rice and indigo, enslaved Africans. |
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| This colony had James Oglethorpe and debtors. |
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| Coastal plains, many rivers, large plantations, tobacco, rice, indigo, many enslaved Africans. |
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| Rolling hills, thick forests, small farms, tobacco, garden crops, few enslaved Africans. |
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| The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut provided for... |
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