1. The English Colonies
Chapter 4 Test Review

2. 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

3. 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

4. Life in the English Colonies
Chapter 5 Test Review

5. 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

6. 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