indentured servant - a worker in a contract with an employer for a certain length of time. Usually a laborer or craftsman would have to work three to seven years in exchange for the cost of transportation across the ocean, food, clothing, land, a place to live and other things they needed to live or work during their contract. This kind of contract was called "indenture." Indentures were quite common in Colonial America in the 17th and 18th centuries., cash crop - an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit., Puritan - A group of Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England. Some Puritans escaped religious persecution in England by moving to the Massachusetts Bay Colony., House of Burgesses  - the first legislative body in the North American colonies. It was established in Virginia, Mayflower Compact - Document signed by Mayflower passengers. The signers pledged to form a government for the colony and to follow the laws that the government set. The Mayflower Compact was the first document to include the principles of self-government in the land that would become the United States., The Great Awakening  - a religious movement that swept across parts of the British colonies in North America in the mid-1700s. Protestant Christian preachers taught that good behavior and individual faith were more important than book learning and Bible reading. The Great Awakening had a strong influence on colonial and U.S. religion, culture, and politics., Southern Colonies Economies - economy was based on agriculture (farming), Middle Colonies Economy  - The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping., Metacom’s War (1675-1676) also known as King Philip's War - A military conflict in which the Wampanoag and Narragansett tribes of southern New England joined together to fight against English colonists’ westward expansion. Thousands were killed on both sides before the English forces won the war, effectively ending most Native American resistance in New England., William Penn - Founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a safe haven for Quakers., Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) - A document that established a representative government in Connecticut, featuring a legislature elected by a popular vote and a governor elected by the legislature., Anne Hutchinson  - Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her belief that salvation was based on faith, not good deeds. Hutchinson and her followers founded the colony of Portsmouth in 1638. Portsmouth and Providence joined to become Rhode Island in 1663., Proprietary colony - Colonies that were under the authority of individuals that had been granted charters of ownership, like Maryland and Pennsylvania., Quakers - A religious group that believed in nonviolence, gender equality, and resistance to military service. Many Quakers inhabited the colony of Pennsylvania., Roger Williams  - Founded the colony of Providence in 1636, after being pushed out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for criticizing Puritanism. Providence became part of the colony of Rhode Island in 1663., John Winthrop  - An English Puritan lawyer who was one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony., New England Colonies--Economy  - The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming., Bacon's Rebellion - Farmers in Virginia who resented Governor William Berkeley's friendly policy with Native Americans were led by Nathaniel Bacon in a series of raids against frontier tribes. The rebellion forced the House of Burgesses to issue them a military commission. They criticized a "Declaration of the People of Virginia" which was widely critical of Berkeley and his policies.,

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