Roger Williams

Pastor who founded a town that grew and became Rhode Island

Lord Baltimore

Man who was granted land to begin a colony for Catholics

Thomas Hooker

Manon who founded a town called Hartford, which joined with two other towns to become Connecticut

William Penn

Manon who started a colony where people of any religion wou,d be free to worship as they choose

Cecelius Calvert

Man who led the first group to Maryland

Upper class

Wealthiest income and owned large landholdings

Lower class

Depened on their masters for daily needs

Middle class

Owned some land and few servants or slaves

Representative government

Government in which the people elect men or women to represent them

Quakers

Religious group that believe people have an inner light to guide them;Society of Friends

Royal colony

A colony that was directly controlled by the king or ruling monarch

House of Burgess

One of the first examples of representative government in America

Proprietary colony

A colony that had the king's permission to choose it's own governer

Justice of the Peace

An appointed leader who would settle problems, hold triails, and collect taxes

Separation of church and state

The belief that government should not meddle in church matters

New England colonies

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Middle Colonies

Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey

Southern colonies

Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia

Anne Hutchinson

Bostainian woman who was tried in court and expelled from the Massachusetts colony for teaching heresy

George Whitefield

Evangelist who preached with a powerful voice in the Great Awakening

Olaudah Equiano

Man who wrote a book that made everyone think seriously about the evils of slavery

Benjamin Franklin

Man who opened the first public library

Jonathan Edwards

Man who led more than 300 people to Christ during the Great Awakening

Beaver fur

Most popular fur in the fur trading industry

Breadbaskest colonies

Middle colonies nicknamed because the supplied flour to all the other colonies and England

Pamplet

A short paper on a single subject

Heresy

a belief or opinion contrary to scripture

Meetinghouse

A building where puritan had their church services

The effects of the Great Awakening

1. Lead to emphasis on evangelism 2. Founded new colonies 3. More people thinking of freedom and equality