Unit 1: Colonial America

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religious tolerance

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Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs

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cultural diversity

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A characteristic of the middle colonies was that many different people of many different belief systems, economic status & countries of origin lived together.

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representative government

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System of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections.

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Breadbasket Colonies

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Another name for the Middle Colonies because of their exporting of grains.

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Direct Democracy

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Government in which citizens vote on all laws and select officials directly.

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examples of direct democracy in New England

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Town Hall Meetings

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example of representative democracy in Southern colonies

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House of Burgesses

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Quakers

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Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people, were pacifists, and established a community in Pennsylvania.

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Colonial Charters

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Documents granted by the English Monarch to individuals, companies, and groups of settlers in the new American colonies, authorizing a degree of self-government, setting the precedent of written contracts defining governmental power.

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Slavery

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Absolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person. That person is treated as property and the condition of being enslaved is passed down to their children.