Key Terms

• Columbian Exchange


  The exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New and Old World following the voyages to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492
• Joint Stock Company


  A type of business in which shares of a company’s stock can be bought by a shareholder
• Pueblo Revolt


  An uprising of the Pueblo people against the Spanish. The goal was to reclaim Pueblo Religious practices, culture, and land. This was a successful rebellion
• Powhatan Confederacy 


  Consisted of 30+ Algonquian-speaking indigenous tribes. They occupied modern-day Virginia and Maryland. They were name after Chief Powhatan and had uneasy relations with English settlers
• Jamestown


  The first permanent settlement in the colonies. Founded in 1607 in modern-day Virginia by John Smith
• Chesapeake Colonies


  Made up of Virginia and Maryland. These colonies had fertile soil suitable to grow cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and cotton
• Great Puritan Migration


  The period of time where English Puritans migrated to New England in what is now Massachusetts. Their colony was Plymouth
• Puritans


  Believed that the Anglican Church needed to be purified. Had a very literal interpretation of the Bible
• King Phillip’s War


  A war between New England colonists and Native Americans, led by the Wampanoag tribe
• Mayflower Compact


  The first self-governing document in the colonies. It set up the colony of Plymouth
• Caste System


  A class structure that is determined by birth
• Great Awakening


  A religious revival in the British colonies. This led to religious liberty in the colonies
• Enconmienda


  A labor system introduced by the Spanish to the colonies. The Spanish were given a number of Native American laborers
• House of Burgesses


  The first legislative body in America
• Newport Slave Market


  Largest slave port in America
• Scots Irish


  A group of immigrants who lived in the frontier
• Harvard


  First college in the colonies
• Wampanoag


  This tribe united all of the tribes that fought in King Phillip’s War
• Zenger Case

  A man named John Peter Zenger exposed the corrupt government of New York was sued. This case established freedom of the press
• Town Meetings


  A meeting to discuss issues and to elect people to govern the town
• Quakers


  Aka the Society of Friends. Quakers mostly lived in Pennsylvania and were non-violent
• Triangular Trade

  Trade between three regions
• Bacon’s Rebellion

  An uprising of indentured servants in Virginia. This was led by Nathaniel Bacon