1.4 The Colonies and American Revolution

1. First successful English settlement in the New World, 
2. 1607. Set up as a joint-stock company
3. Virginia House of Burgesses

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Pilgrim

1. The second English colony in the New World was in Massachusetts at Plymouth. The colony was founded by the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower.
2. Mayflower Compact

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Pilgrim

One in which investors own a piece of the company.

• Joint-stock company
• Salutary Neglect
• Mercantilism
• Boycott

First legislative body in American colonies. Representative Democracy

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact
• Mercantilism

Person who journeys, especially a long distance for religion

• Pilgrim
• Boycott
• Refugee

1. set-up the government of the new Plymouth Colony.
2. Direct Democracy for men only. 
3. People met at town meetings to discuss issues and vote on solutions. (Established the tradition of town hall meetings.
4. Resulted in majority rule.

• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• 1st Continental Congress

Were members of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England. They demanded the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline.

• Puritans
• Joint-stock company
• Refugee

From the founding of these colonies to the mid 1700s, the King left the colonies alone and basically allowed them to govern themselves.

• Salutary Neglect
• Puritans
• Mercantilism

Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing

• Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Colonial region 
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.

• Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)