The English Colonies Chapter 4 Test Review

Key Terms Immigrants Headright system Indentured servants Puritans People who leave their homeland and move to a new country Headright system Gave 50 acres of land to colonists who paid their way to the “New” world Indentured servants Agreed to work in exchange for passage to America Puritans Protestant group that wanted to reform the Church of England Separatists Protestant groups that cut all ties (SEPARATE) with the Church of England

Key Terms proprietors Covenant Mayflower Compact Quaker William Penn Owners of a colony who controlled the government Covenant Sacred agreement made with God Mayflower Compact Document creating a new political society signed by the Pilgrims Quaker Protestant group that believed that all people had inner goodness William Penn Quaker leader who established a colony…PENNSYLVANIA

Life in the English Colonies Chapter 5 Test Review

Key Terms Bicameral legislature libel Mercantilism Triangular trade Lawmaking body made up of two (bi) houses libel False written statement that damages a person’s reputation Mercantilism creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade Triangular trade Pattern of transporting products among the colonies, West Indies, Britain, and West Africa Cash crops Crops grown mainly to be sold for profit

Key Terms Scientific Method revival Charles Chauncy Staple crops Carefully examining natural events and forming theories from experiments and observations revival Public church gathering to hear a minister’s message Charles Chauncy Disagreed with the Great Awakening as a way to gain salvation Staple crops Crops that are continuously in demand Benjamin Banneker Free African American astronomer and surveyor