AS1 unit 1 Flashcards
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Enclosure movement
wealthy landowners enclosed commonly owned lands
Public land
Primogeniture
only the eldest son would inherit the family land, leaving younger sons with little opportunity to own property in their home country,
Joint stock company
Economic opportunity
+ to pool the enormous amounts of resources and share the large amount of risk involved in overseas exploration and colonization.
Charter
A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist
Divine right
The right for a king to rule over a country is given by god
Tranny
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
House of burgesses
the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies
Maryland toleration act
It made Maryland the first colony where religious tolerance was the law and therefore stopped the fighting between Catholics and Protestants
Staple crop/ cash crop
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
Proprietary colony
favorites of the British crown were awarded huge tracts of land in the New World to supervise and develop.
Religious dissenter
people who challenge the established beliefs, doctrines, or institutions of a religion
Anne Hutchinson?
Pilgrims/ separatists
group of English Puritans who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.
They called themselves separatists in their day not pilgrims but they are the same
Puritans
were English Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England (did not go far enough)
Mayflower compact
an attempt to establish a temporary, legally-binding form of self-government
Fundamental orders of ct
is considered the first written constitution in the Western world
It established a representative government for some colonial towns
Quakers/ society of friends
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends
Protestant Christian set of denominations
Slaves
A person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person.
African American taken from home
Indigo
became one of the crops that was attempted to be grown in parts of America
Latin for Indian
Timber/ lumber
a term for harvested wood
Indentured servants
People form Britain want to move to America but they don’t have the money so they become indentured servants for about 7 years and then they are free.
a labor system where a person signed a contract, or indenture, to work for a set period without pay
Headright system
to a grant of land, usually fifty acres per immigrant sponsored, given to landowners throughout the thirteen colonies
Legacy
The amount of money or the long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person’s life.
Was the tea act indirect or direct?
It was an indirect tax requiring merchants to pay taxes on tea
