Exploration and Colonization Vocabulary Part 2

Virginia House of Burgess - (check all that apply)

• The first representative government in the 13 Colonies.

• The place where burgers were invented.

• The house of the English colonial governor.

• It was an early step towards self government.

The __________________ was a document the king of England signed into law in 1215 that guaranteed certain rights to people in England.

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

A document that protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.

• The English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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

• Worker

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Immigrant

The permanent movement of people into one country from another nation.

• Locomotion

• Egress

• Immigration

• Alienation

An economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of wealth it has, that a country should sell more than it buys, and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.

• Mercantilism

• Communism

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Council of Elders

1st Great Awakening

• A movement of individuals interested in promoting meditation and mindfulness.

• A religious movement during the colonial times proclaiming salvation for all. Many new churches were formed. It encouraged equality and the right to question authority.

• The first organized meeting of Abolitionists in the colonies.

• A scientific and intellectual movement in which people embraced reason and began to view the world as natural and explainable.

Roger Williams - (choose all that apply)

• -founded Rhode Island which allowed religious toleration.

• -piloted the Mayflower.

• -fought in the War of 1812.

• -believed in separation of church and state.

____________ - the site where the Pilgrims landed in North America in 1620 and started a colony.

Anne Hutchinson - (choose all that apply)

• -sewed the first American flag.

• -left Puritan Massachusetts with Roger Williams.

• -helped establish the principle of religious toleration in Rhode Island.

• -died of smallpox.