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Corporate Colony

A colony that is controlled by a company

Royal Colony

A colony that is controlled by a king or queen

Proprietary Colony

A colony that is controlled by one person or a group of people

House of Burgess

First elected legislature in the English colonies - in Virginia

Debtor

A person who owes money

Cash Crop

Crops that are sold for profit

Barter

To exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using money.

Quakers

A religious group that believed in equality for all, settled Pennsylvania

Puritans

A religious group that wanted purify the Church of England - settled Massachusetts official name was Congregationalists

Charter

Document granting the right to settle a colony

Anglican

Official christian religion of England that places the king as the head of the church.

Indentured Servant

A person who agreed to work for 4-7 years in exchange for passage to the New World

Slave

A person who is either forced or is born into seritude for life and who does not have any rights.

Mercantilism

economic system of trade that spanned from 16th century to 18th century and based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and so involved increasing trade.

Mayflower Compact

A document stating the laws that would be followed in Plymouth - first time men agree to govern themselves.

Maryland Act of Religious Toleration

A law that guaranteed all christian religions the right to worship freely

Fundamental Orders of CT

1st written constitution in the English colonies

When was Roanoke founded?

Founded 1585

Where was Roanoke founded?

Island off the coast of North Carolina

Who founded Roanoke?

Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh

What year was Roanoke forced to leave?

1586

why was Roanoke forced to leave?

Colonist be headed Native Chief Wingina

What year did Roanoke return?

1587 (governor was john white)

What year did white return?

1590

What happen when white returned?

Everyone was gone "CROATOAN," engraved on a tree

When was Jamestown founded

1610

Who was Jamestown first governor?

John Smith first governor

How many colonist were there originally in Jamestown?

144

What colony type was Jamestown?

Corporate colony,Virginia Company of London

What year did the first Africans arrive in colonies?

1619

What did they grow?

Grew tobacco & later cotton

What is the government called?

House of Burgesses (Representative form of government)

When was the House of Burgesses established?

July 1619

What were Local Native tribe called?

Powhatans

who did the Powhatans fight with?

fought with colonists

When was Plymouth founded?

1620

Who created Plymouth?

Pilgrims/Separatists/Puritans/Congregationalists

What was plymouth colony?

Corporate Company-Plymouth Company of London

What did plymouth create?

Created Mayflower Compact

What did the government agree to do?

Agreed to work together and make laws together

What were the local tribe in plymouth?

Wampanoags,Leader Massasoit,/Samoset,Squanto taught colonists how to survive

When was the Massachusetts Bay Colony created?

1630

Who was the governor of massachusetts bay?

Governor John Winthrop (Wrote speech "A Modell of Christian Charity""A city upon a hill")

When was Phillidiaplia founded?

1632

What colony was philidiaplia?

Proprietary Colony

Who the land given too?

Land granted to Sir William Penn

Who was it mostly settled by?

Quakers

What does the government have?

elected council,Penn and his sons inherited the title of governor " Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania, 1681",Determined land distribution rules for dealing native tribes,"Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701",Identified rights of the colonists

What were phillidiaplia local tribe?

Delaware /"The walking Purchase"

First colony to abolish slaver was?

"Gradual Abolition of Slavery Act 1780"

When was St. Mary founded?

1634

Who was Maryland founded by?

Lord Baltimore

What was Maryland created for?

Created for Catholics

"The Act of Toleration 1649"

granted permission worship & legal protection for Catholics/Protestants

When was Providence founded?

1636

Who was Providence founded by?

Roger Williams

Which colony offer complete religious freedom?

Rhode Island

When was Savannah founded?

1773

Who founded Savannah?

James Oglethorpe

What colony is Georgia?

debtor colony

What is a example of debtor colony?

People who owed money sent their to work it off

What is New England colonies based on?

Economy based on fishing, ship building, and trade/Land with rocking soil/Mountainous

What states are in the New England colony?

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

What is the middle colonies based on?

Economy based on farming and the fur trade/Fertile flat land

What states are in the middle colony?

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

What is the southern colonies based on?

cash crops and plantation style farming/Fertile land/Flat open lands

What states are in the southern colony?

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

whats the order the colonies were founded in

1, roanoke 2, jamestown 3, plymouth 4, pennsylvania 5, carolina 6, georgia