SS Week 11 Study Set

A colony created by King Charles II in 1663, later split into North and South Carolina.

An elected representative to an assembly

A 50-acre grant of land given to settlers who came to the colony

A fleet of warships

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico between 1519 and 1521.

Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people.

An illness that affects a large number of people at the same time.

The first written constitution in America, created in 1639

Producing just enough crops to meet immediate needs.

A religious community established by Spanish colonizers, where Native Americans were converted to Christianity and taugh

A military force made up of everyday citizens (like the Virginia militia led by George Washington)

A 1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government.

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru in 1533.

The agreement that ended the French and Indian War, giving Britain control of Canada, Florida, and French lands east of

A crop that can be sold easily in markets.

A historical document signed in 1215 that protected the English people from unfair treatment by the government and unfai

Benjamin Franklin's plan to create a united colonial government, which ultimately failed because colonies didn't want to

People born in Spain who were at the top of the social hierarchy in Spanish American colonies.

A company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits

A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

The edges of the colonies (mentioned in the context of Native American attacks on colonists)

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry in the Spanish colonies.

The movement of over 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts in the 1630s

The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607, which grew into the Virginia Colony.

A woman whose husband has died, who in colonial times might work as a teacher or run a business.

A person who owes money to another.

An agreement signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 to govern themselves in their new colony

A fort built by the Spanish in their American colonies for military protection.

A Native American confederacy located in the Virginia area, including the famous figure Pocahontas

Skilled workers who make things by hand, such as blacksmiths or carpenters.

A blue flowering plant used to dye cloth, an important crop in southern Carolina.

To disagree with an opinion

A person who refuses to use force or fight in wars

A rule by King George III that prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church

A law passed in Maryland in 1649 that granted religious freedom.

A document issued by William Penn in 1701 that gave colonists the right to elect representatives to a legislature

A large farm, often growing cash crops, that relied on slave labor.

The most powerful group of Native Americans in eastern North America, made up of six Native American nations that joined

A landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land

A famous writer and intellectual figure in colonial Mexico, known for her literary works at a time when women were often

An economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious met

The suppression or prohibition of speech, writing, or other forms of expression.

A French fort built after taking over an unfinished British fort in the Ohio River Valley (pronounced "doo-KAYN")

Laws passed by England to control colonial trade, forcing colonists to sell raw materials to England and buy goods throu

The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, mapped by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon.

The permanent movement of people into one country from other countries.

A trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, Africa, and America.

The democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society.

A period of religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s.

An owner of a colony, such as William Penn in Pennsylvania

A written plan of government; a set of fundamental laws to support a government.

The ability to read and write.

Settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land

Regulations passed by the Spanish government aimed at protecting Native Americans from exploitation, though enforcement

The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas as part of the slave trade.

A sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishin

A series of attacks led by Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa against British forts and settlers along the Pennsylvania and Vir

A person who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.

A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.

A movement in the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason, knowledge, and science to improve society.

A town or settlement in Spanish-ruled lands in the Americas, often serving as a trading center.

A young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson.

Partnership (as mentioned in the context of the British trying to form one with the Iroquois)

To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors

A sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America

The founder of the Georgia colony in 1733.

The fort established by George Washington near Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War

Spanish explorer and soldier who led expeditions to the Americas, seeking wealth and land for Spain.