Fast & Curious US History Ch 3 Part 1

Jamestown

• The first permanent English colony in America; located in Virginia

• A temporary English settlement in America; located in Massachusetts

• The first French colony in America; located in Virginia

• The first permanent English colony in America; located in New York

Indentured Servants

• A colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for 3-7 years
• A colonist who paid for their passage to North America by working as a servant for a set period of time
• A colonist who was forced to work for a landowner in North America for a lifetime
• A colonist who was given land in exchange for working for a landowner for a set period of time

Bacon's Rebellion

• An attack against both American Indians and the colonial government in Jamestown by angry settlers who opposed the high taxes and lack of protection against the Indians on the frontier

• A protest against the British government's tax policies by settlers in Jamestown, Virginia
• A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the Native American tribes in Virginia
• A series of attacks on colonial settlements by Native American tribes in Virginia

Toleration Act of 1649

• A Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime

• A law that mandated the practice of Christianity in Maryland
• A law that banned all religions except Christianity in Maryland
• A law that imposed taxes on non-Christian religious practices in Maryland

Slave Codes

• Laws passed in the colonies to control the actions of African American slaves.
• Laws that granted rights and privileges to slaves in the colonies
• Laws that facilitated the emancipation of slaves in the colonies
• Laws that regulated the trade of slaves between the colonies and other nations

Puritans

• Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England. They settled in Massachusetts Bay with their leader John Winthrop.
• A group of Catholics who sought to reform the Catholic Church
• A group of separatists who broke away from the Church of England and settled in the Netherlands
• A group of Protestants who believed in complete separation from the Church of England and settled in Virginia

Pilgrims

• Members of a Puritan separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas. They wrote the Mayflower Compact.
• Members of a Catholic sect that left England to settle in the Americas
• Members of a Protestant sect that stayed in England to reform the Church of England from within
• Members of a Puritan sect that believed in maintaining ties with the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts

Immigrants

• A person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland.
• A person who travels within their own country.
• A person who visits another country for a short period of time.
• A person who is born and raised in a foreign country.

Mayflower Compact

• A document written by the Pilgrims establishing them as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government.

• A trade agreement between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.

• A document outlining the rules for settling disputes among the Pilgrims.

• A document declaring the Pilgrims' intention to separate from the Church of England.

Quakers

• A Protestant sect founded in the 1640s in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people.

• A Catholic sect founded in the 1640s in England.
• A Puritan sect that believed in strict adherence to the teachings of the Bible.
• A Protestant sect founded in the 1640s in England that believed in predestination.