Era 2- Vocabulary Menu

Jamestown

• The first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States.

King James l

• The first monarch to be called the king of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 1567 until his death.

Virginia Colony

• The first enduring English colony in North America.
• many natural resources including forests, fish, and agricultural land.
• trade and export included tobacco, cotton, livestock, fruit, grain, and vegetables

John Smith

• An English explorer, soldier and writer known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World at Jamestown, Virginia

Tobacco

• Leaves and other parts of certain South American plants that were domesticated and used by Native Americans for the alkaloid Nicotine.
• use of tobacco is by smoke inhalation of cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. ( Present Day )

Cash crop

• a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

Indentured servant

• a contract between two individuals, in which one person worked not for money but in exchange for the price of passage to America.

Slavery

• the state and the condition of being a slave, who is someone forbidden to quit their service for another person and is treated like property.

House of Burgess

• The first elected general assembly in the colonies, paving the way for the democratic society.

Middle Colonies

• Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware.
• Both northern and southern features, creating a unique environment of early settlement.

William Penn

• English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom who oversaw the founding of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.

New England Colonies

• Included the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Pilgrims

• A group of English people who came to America seeking religious freedom during the reign of King James I.
• They believed that membership in the Church of England violated the biblical precepts for true Christians.

Plymouth Colony

• First colonial settlement in New England
• The settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower

John Winthrop

• An early Puritan leader whose vision for a godly commonwealth created the basis for an established religion that remained in place in Massachusetts until after adoption of the First Amendment.

King Phillip

• A Wampanoag whose tribe sought to live in harmony with the colonists at first.
• Led one of the most costly wars of resistance in New England history

Joint-stock

• A business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders

Middle Passage

• The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.

French and Indian War

• A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763

Southern Colonies

• Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
• made up of mostly coastal plains and piedmont areas.