Unit 1 Vocab

Territory settled by Dutch; later conquered by British & renamed; showed religious tolerance

An uprising in VA by poor colonists against the governor; wanted harsher action against natives

Native American chieftain in the Virginia region; provided assistance to settlers

Economic theory that influenced the British; become stronger nation by gaining more wealth

Trade between Britain and the colonies and controlled by Britain

Implemented in the mid-1600s to ensure a favorable trade arrangement with the colonies

Conflict that essentially removed the Native Americans from the northeastern colonies

This region was characterized by good harbors and river systems and favorable relations with Natives in the area.

Unofficial British policy of not enforcing regulations, allowing the colonies to govern themselves

Worked for a land owner in exchange for their passage to North America

Settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; had tightly controlled community and strict religious beliefs

religious revival in 1730s-40s in NE colonies; people feel God's love through admission of sins

The sea voyage that carried Africans to North America

This region was developed initially as religious settlements and became home to a thriving shipbuilding industry

legislative assembly similar to England's Parliament established by the Virginia Company