Ap History Chapter 2 Vocab

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glorious revolution

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the revolution against James II

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Colonial regions – New England

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a region of northeastern united states compromising Maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, rhode island, and conneticut

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colonial region - middle

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Middle Colonies, composed of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey

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Colonial region - chesapeake

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virginia, maryland

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headright

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a legal grant of land to settlers

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joint stock company

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a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company.

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house of burgesses

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an elective rep. assembly in colonial virginia. it was the first example of representative govt in english colonies

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puritans

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members of a reformed protestant sect in europe and america that insisted on removing all vestiges of catholicism from popular religious practice

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mayflower compact

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aggreement among the pilgrims aboard the mayflower in 1620 to create a civil govt at plymouth colony

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antinomianism

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religious belief rejecting traditional moral law as unnecessary for christians who possessed saving grace and affirming that an individual could experience divine revelation and salvation without the assistance of formally trained clergy

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colonial region - southern

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the colonies of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina, and Georgia

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avarice

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excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain

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separatists

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The Separatists, or Independents, were English Protestants who occupied the extreme wing of Puritanism. The Separatists were severely critical of the Church of England and wanted to either destroy it or separate from it.

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congretionalism

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The system of government and religious beliefs of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing.

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freemen

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voters in massachusetts

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charter of liberties

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was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his accession to the throne in 1100. It sought to bind the King to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles

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fundamental constitutions of carolina

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were adopted in March 1669 by the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina, which included most of the land between what is now Virginia and Florida

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oliver cromwell

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was an English military and political leader best known in England for his overthrow of the monarchy and temporarily turning England into a republican Commonwealth and for his rule as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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richard hakluyt

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an English writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English through his works

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virginia company

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the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America

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squanto

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He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival

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captain john smith

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Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia.

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sir john rolfe

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was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia

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sir edwin sandys

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was an English statesman and one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London, which in 1607 established the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States in the colony of Virginia, based at Jamestown. Edwin Sandys was one of the men instrumental in establishing the first representative assembly in the new world at Jamestown by issuing a new charter calling for its establishment. In addition, he assisted the Pilgrims in establishing their colony at Plymouth Massachusetts by lending them 300 pounds without interest.

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sir george calvert

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Calvert took an interest in the colonisation of the New World, at first for commercial reasons and later to create a refuge for English Catholics. He became the proprietor of Avalon, the first sustained English settlement on the island of Newfoundland. Discouraged by the climate and the sufferings of the settlers there, Calvert looked for a more suitable spot further south and sought a new royal charter to settle the region that was to become the state of Maryland. Calvert died five weeks before the new charter was sealed, leaving the settlement of the Maryland colony to his son Cecilius. His son Leonard Calvert was the first colonial governor of Maryland

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roger williams

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extreme separatist who condemned all civil states,he was expelled to rhode island

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anne hutchinson

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believed that no one needed to obey man made laws. her ideas and her threat to patriarchal society landed her in rhode island as well

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John Winthrop

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first governer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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James Ogelthorpe

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got a charter for the colony of Georgia, and made it a refuge for unemployed debtors just released from prison. Outlawed slavery in Georgia thus, it would dissuade rich people from coming.

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lord baltimore

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an English coloniser who was the first proprietor of the Maryland colony. He received the proprietorship that was intended for his father, George Calvert, who died shortly before it was granted. Cecil established Maryland from his home in England, and as a Catholic continued the legacy of his father by promoting religious tolerance in the colony.

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william bradford

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was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts

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duke's laws

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The Duke's Laws covered nearly every facet of life on Long Island and were published in alphabetical order—from how arrests were to be carried out, how juries were to be picked, to the amount of the bounty paid for dead wolves.

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peter stuyvesant

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served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York

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george fox

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was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.

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william penn

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In 1682, James Duke of York , the future James II of England,[1] handed over a large piece of his American holdings to William Penn. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware. founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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true and absolute lord proprietors of carolina

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king charles granted carolina to a group of his friends who expected to watch the colony fill up while they collected rents; that did not happen.

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governor nicolls

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The duke was not slow to assert his claim. He fitted out a squadron, consisting of four frigates and three hundred men, under command of Sir Robert Nichols. Stuyvesant surrendered the government into the hands of Colonel Nichols, who promised to secure to the governor and inhabitants their liberties and estates, with all the privileges of English subjects.