APUSH Unit Two

Colony charter granted to stockholders but essentially governed by the monarch; Virginia (Jamestown), Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

Colony governed directly by the crown through a governor; New Jersey, Connecticut E

Colonies with the most self-governance; Maryland, Carolinas, Pennsylvania

Economy where exports make up a large percentage of the economy

An attempt by the Quakers to establish a community for themselves and other persecuted denominations; Pennsylvania

Business owed by its investors

Laws that aimed to limit African economic, social, and political autonomy; slaves couldn’t marry, slave badges, etc

Trade between the colonies, West Africa, and Britain; British manufactured items for slaves, slaves for sugar and rum, which were them sent back to Britain

Slavery that was life long and hereditary

Rights not dependent on the government, but given by God and intrinsic

Rule by the consent of the governed

Preachers who adopted the ideas of the First Great Awakening

By Jonathan Edwards and catalyst of the First Great Awakening

Britain was kidnaping colonists and forcing them to serve in the military

A way of increasing church membership. Puritans required a spiritual experience to join the church; a way of joining without that

Defined the powers of the colonial government and allowed more men to vote

Granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland; meant to protect Catholics

Representative body in Virginia

Form of self governance by early settlers in America

Served to create a military alliance against Natives; fell apart

Guaranteed religious freedom for all Christians and allowed all property-owning men to vote and hold office

Restricted colonial trade; only trade on English ships, could only export tobacco to England

Freed indentured servants were on the outskirts and getting attacked by Natives; rebellion because the governor wouldn’t help them; resulted in a shift towards slavery

Protestants revolt against Catholic government —> Revocation of the Act of Toleration, Catholics can’t vote, etc

Great increase in the consumption of luxury goods; increased the need for colonies who provided raw materials for these goods

The Wampanoag were being encroached on and their way of life was being destroyed so they burned and attacked British towns; Natives crushed

Very large slave revolt that resulted in the death of Whites before it was crushed; increased fear which led to more slave codes

Church membership declined due to Enlightenment thought; focused on increased piety, religious devotion, and conversion

Founded Massachusetts to escape religious persecutions

The man who founded Rhode Island

Expelled from Massachusetts and helped found Rhode Island; went against Predestination

Founded Pennsylvania

Cultivated tobacco into a valuable export crop

Did natural rights

Did separation of powers and check and balances

Did the Social Contract

Another First Great Awakening man

First Great Awakening man