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Colonial America (1492-1793)
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Puritans : those who believed the reforms of the Church of England was not enough
Religious Tolerance : allowing others to practice their own beliefs without interference
Town meetings : where colonists discuss and vote on various subjects
Royal Colony : colony under the direct control of the English crown
Proprietary colony : colony in which an individual is granted a land tract and became the owner of that land
Quakers : Society of Friends
Cash Crops : crops grown for sale to gain a profit
Bacons Rebellion : violent rebellion in Virginia against Virginia’s government in 1675-1676
Slave Codes : codes passed to defend the status of slaves and establish the denial of basic rights to slaves
Mercantilism : economic system in which the government intervenes in the economy to increase the national wealth
Navigation Acts : acts passed by Parliament restricting trade to benefit England
Indentured Servants : individuals who serve a master for 4-7 years in return for free passage to America
Enlightenment : European intellectual movement which emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition late 17th and 18th centuries
Pilgrims : settlers of Plymouth Colony who founded the first English colony in New England
Separatists : those who believed the Church of England was too corrupt to be reformed
Mayflower Compact : first document of self-government in North America
Great Migration : Puritan emigration to North America from 1629-1643
French and Indian War : war fought from 1754-63 pitting Great Britain against France and Spain
Middle Passage : voyage between West Africa and the New World slave colonies
Great Awakening : North American religious revival in colonial America starting in the 1740s
New Lights : those who wanted a revival of Calvinism during the Great Awakening
Old Lights : those who supported the new idea developing of Arminianism during the Great Awakening
Halfway Covenant : plan that allowed children of baptized parents to be baptized whether or not their parents were converted
Treaty of Paris 1763 : formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain after the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763 : announcement that said colonists could not move further west
Massachusetts Bay Company : Puritans granted a royal charter to settle in Massachusetts Bay
Covenant Chain : alliance between the Iroquois Confederacy and the colony of New York
Arminianism : belief that God have people the freedom to choose salvation by developing their faith and doing good deeds
Calvinism : belief that God has predestined certain individuals to be saved and others to be damned
Jonathan Edwards : Massachusetts preacher who essentially sparked the beginning of the Great Awakening
George Whitefield : Great Awakening English preacher who was known as “the first American celebrity”
Protestants : people who separated from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation
House of Burgesses : first institution of representative government in English colonies
William Penn : leader of the Quakers, founded Pennsylvania
Anne Hutchinson : woman who was banished because she challenged the Puritan Church authority
Roger Williams : separatist who wanted separation from the church and state who was eventually banished
Parliament : a legislative assembly in certain countries, such as England
Theocracy : form of government in which officials are regarded as divinely guided
Slave Trade : African Americans transported to America in the 16th-19th centuries
Virginia Company : joint-stock company created to establish settlements in the New World; specifically Chesapeake Bay
Acculturation : process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group
Congregationalists : members of the Puritan churches governed by congregations
Toleration Act : act passed in 1661 by King Charles II to stop religious persecution in Massachusetts
Redemptioner : European immigrants in the 18th-19th century who gained passage to America by selling themselves into servitude
New World : the hemisphere that includes both North America and South America
Christopher Columbus : Italian navigator who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and "discovered" the New World
Joint Stock Company : company in which numerous people invest money for trading expeditions
Pueblo Revolt : revolt led by the Pope that drove the Spanish out of New Mexico
Jamestown : site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
John Smith : English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia
Colonial America (1492-1793)
Across:| 1. | African Americans transported to America in the 16th-19th centuries | | 6. | North American religious revival in colonial America starting in the 1740s | | 12. | act passed in 1661 by King Charles II to stop religious persecution in Massachusetts | | 14. | voyage between West Africa and the New World slave colonies | | 15. | Society of Friends | | 17. | site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607 | | 18. | leader of the Quakers, founded Pennsylvania | | 19. | people who separated from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation | | 20. | process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group | | 21. | form of government in which officials are regarded as divinely guided | | 22. | formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain after the French and Indian War |
| | Down:| 2. | colony under the direct control of the English crown | | 3. | Massachusetts preacher who essentially sparked the beginning of the Great Awakening | | 4. | crops grown for sale to gain a profit | | 5. | individuals who serve a master for 4-7 years in return for free passage to America | | 7. | woman who was banished because she challenged the Puritan Church authority | | 8. | company in which numerous people invest money for trading expeditions | | 9. | first institution of representative government in English colonies | | 10. | members of the Puritan churches governed by congregations | | 11. | plan that allowed children of baptized parents to be baptized whether or not their parents were converted | | 13. | joint-stock company created to establish settlements in the New World; specifically Chesapeake Bay | | 16. | revolt led by the Pope that drove the Spanish out of New Mexico |
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Colonial America (1492-1793)
Across:| 1. | African Americans transported to America in the 16th-19th centuries | | 6. | North American religious revival in colonial America starting in the 1740s | | 12. | act passed in 1661 by King Charles II to stop religious persecution in Massachusetts | | 14. | voyage between West Africa and the New World slave colonies | | 15. | Society of Friends | | 17. | site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607 | | 18. | leader of the Quakers, founded Pennsylvania | | 19. | people who separated from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation | | 20. | process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group | | 21. | form of government in which officials are regarded as divinely guided | | 22. | formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain after the French and Indian War |
| | Down:| 2. | colony under the direct control of the English crown | | 3. | Massachusetts preacher who essentially sparked the beginning of the Great Awakening | | 4. | crops grown for sale to gain a profit | | 5. | individuals who serve a master for 4-7 years in return for free passage to America | | 7. | woman who was banished because she challenged the Puritan Church authority | | 8. | company in which numerous people invest money for trading expeditions | | 9. | first institution of representative government in English colonies | | 10. | members of the Puritan churches governed by congregations | | 11. | plan that allowed children of baptized parents to be baptized whether or not their parents were converted | | 13. | joint-stock company created to establish settlements in the New World; specifically Chesapeake Bay | | 16. | revolt led by the Pope that drove the Spanish out of New Mexico |
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