Chapter 4 Terms Flashcards
Employed in the tobacco colonies to encourage the importation of indentured servants, the system allowed an individual to acquire 50 acres of land if he paid for laborers passage to the colony
Head right system
Migrants, who in exchange for transatlantic passage, bound themselves to colonial employer for term of service typically for 4 to 7 years, showed the chronic labor shortage
Indentured servitude
The context is that bacon and other farmers didn’t like Berkeley‘s friendly policies towards natives. after»> laborers really couldn’t find land so they had eyes on Africa
1676, uprising of Virginia backcountry, farmers and indentured servants. Grew into
Bacons rebellion
The context is that Colonies started to gather slaves from Africa
Transatlantic voyage slaves endured from Africa to the colonies. Death rate was very high.
Middle passage
The context is that so many slaves were in colonies, colonist thought it was a racial threat
Laws, defying, racial slavery, beginning 1662
Slave codes
The context is that slaves helped build country with their labor, but wanted freedom
1712 uprising of two dozen slaves, resulted in death of nine whites and 21 Black people
New York slave revolt
Slave uprising in South Carolina
Stono revolt
Self governing Puritan, congresions without hierarchical establishment of Anglian church
Congretional church
Fiery sermons lamenting the waning piety of parishioners. First delivered in New England in the mid 17 century. Named after prophet Jeremiah
Jermaid
1662, agreement, allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children
Halfway covenant
A series of witch trials because girls in Massachusetts claimed to be bewitched by older women in the town (1692-1693)
Salem witch trials
