Salutary Neglect - Period of colonial history in which England did not interfere with its colonies politically in exchange for wealth, House of Burgesses - First colonial representative assembly (form of government) in the colonies, Mayflower Compact - an agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system established in Plymouth Colony, Puritans - English Protestants in the 1500's and 1600's who sought to reform the Church of England, which they believed was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church., Religious toleration - the idea that different religions and beliefs should be accepted and understood as valid, and that people should be allowed to practice them, William Penn - English religious and social reformer and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania,, James Oglethorpe - Founder of Georgia colony, Debtors - A person who owes a debt, Southern Colonies - Consisted of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; depended on an agricultural economy, New England Colonies - Consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire; founded mostly for religious reasons and made money through manufacturing and lumber, Mid-Atlantic Colonies - Consisted of New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; most diverse colonies, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Also known as "triangular trade," slaves sent to the Americas, raw materials sent to Europe, finished goods sent to Africa, Middle Passage - the 2nd stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade, Indentured servants - a form of labor where an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay a debt owed, Triangular trades - trade in the 1700s and 1800s that involved shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum, and other commodities which were in turn shipped back to Britain., Great Awakening - Period of colonial history in which people became more emotionally involved in religion; led people to challenge traditional authority and to think more for themselves, Mercantilism  - the economic theory that trade generates wealth, Bacon's Rebellion - Rebellion that occurs between poor frontier colonists and the Virginia colonial government because the government did not provide military, Jamestown - First permanent English colony in North America, John Rolfe - Introduced tobacco to Jamestown ,

Unit 1 Colonialism

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