Period 2 Vocab APUSH

also known as the Religious Society of Friends, were a religious group founded in England in the 17th century by George Fox and others. They were known for their beliefs in direct spiritual experiences, pacifism, equality, and simplicity. Quakers played a significant role in the early colonization of Pennsylvania and were advocates for religious freedom and social justice.

• Shakers

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Muffin Makers

refers to the historical practice of forcibly capturing, transporting, and enslaving African people primarily to the Americas during the 15th to 19th centuries, contributing significantly to the growth of European colonies and the Atlantic economy.

• African Slave Trade

• Triangle Trade

• Transatlantic Trade

• Columbian Exchange

was a land distribution system in colonial America, particularly in Virginia and Maryland, where individuals who paid for their passage to the New World were granted a certain amount of land as an incentive for immigration, thereby encouraging the growth of English colonies in the early 17th century.

• The English Charter Program

• The Headright System

• Indentured Servant System

• Fundamental Constitution of Carolina

was the first representative legislative assembly in the American colonies, established in 1619 in the Virginia Colony. It played a crucial role in early colonial self-governance by allowing elected representatives to make laws and decisions for the colony, serving as a precursor to the democratic principles that would later shape American government.

• Congressional Church

• Fundamental Constitution of Carolina

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

was a prominent 17th-century female figure known for challenging the ideas of the church in the Massachusetts Bay Colony over individual interpretation of Scripture, leading to her banishment in 1637.

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

• Sir William Berkeley

also known as Metacom's War, was a devastating conflict that occurred in New England between 1675 and 1676, primarily involving Native American tribes, led by the Wampanoag leader Metacom (also known as King Philip), and English settlers. It resulted from tensions over land, resources, and cultural differences and had a profound impact on the region, leading to significant loss of life and the eventual defeat of Native American resistance.

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

• King Philip's War

• French and Indian War

17th-century legal document that attempted to establish a feudal system in the Carolina colony, including provisions for hereditary nobility and religious toleration, although it was never fully implemented and eventually replaced by a more democratic form of government.

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Constitution of Carolina

• Navigation Acts

was an economic theory and practice prevalent during the 16th to 18th centuries in which nations aimed to accumulate wealth and power by promoting exports, limiting imports, and maintaining a favorable balance of trade through government intervention and the acquisition of colonies as sources of raw materials and markets for finished goods.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Globalism

• Mercantilism

was a conflict in 1637 between English colonists, along with their Native American allies, and the Pequot tribe in the Connecticut region, resulting from competition over land, trade, and cultural tensions. It ended with a brutal massacre of Pequot men, women, and children at the Mystic River Fort and the eventual dispersal of the Pequot tribe.

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Pequot War

• King Philip's War

• Metacomet's War

A borderland, a place where numerous peoples and cultures coexist. All of the early English colonies were this as it included English settlers, Native Americans, and other European colonists.

• Middle Grounds

• Border Territories

• Border Provinces

• Boundary Grounds