Life and People in the 13 Colonies

William Penn

A quaker who wanted to establish a colony where all quakers would be safe, he called that colony Pennsylvania were he promised that people of all faiths would be treated equally.

Indentured Servants

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for about 5- 7 years.

George II

King who liked Oglethorpes idea because the Georgia colony would help keep the Spanish from moving north out of Florida.

William Bradford

One of the founders of Massachusetts (1620) who lead the pilgrams to that colony

Debtors

People who owe money and could be thrown in jail for not paying

Pilgrams

Separatists who traveled for religious reasons.

New England Colonies

The New England region included the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. * settlers came to seek religous freedom * farming was diffucult (long winters and rocky wilderness) *the forests and the sea provided useful resources to fish, work on small farms, lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.

Southern Colonies

The five Southern Colonies were Mary-land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. *many wetlands and river that meged w/ sea *soil was good to grow cash crops * wealthy colonist built large plantations where enslaved africans and indentured servants worked on.

Middle Colonies

The four Middle Colonies were New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. * variety of landscape *The people who settled the Middle Colonies represented many cultures and religions. *Lumbering, shipbuilding, and other occupations

Thomas Hooker

a Puritan clergyman who didn't always agree with the laws and leadership in Massachusetts so he his family and about 100 other people set out west and formed the community of hartford that later joined together to form Conneticut.

Quakers

a Society of Friends who believed in a simple lifestyle and in treating all people equally.

Anne Hutchinson

a colonist who was kicked out of Massachusetts for preaching against the Puritans. She and her family followed Williams and established a settlement called Portsmouth. that eventually join together to form the colony rhode island.

Sabbath

a day that required everyone to attend church on Sundays that forbade people to work or play.

English Bill of Rights

a law or agreement that said the power to make laws and impose taxes belonged to the people's elected representatives in Parliament and to no one else.

Poor Rhicards Almanac

a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin

Rodger Williams

a young minister who believed that all people should be able to worship in any way they chose so he fled south were the indians took care of him and then he bought land from them and established a settlement he called Providence that was welcomed people with different religious beliefs.

Mayflower Compact

colonist signed an agreement that described the way they would govern themselves in the Americas.

James Oglethorpe

inspired wealthy Englishmen to give money to help establish a colony (georgia) where the poor could build better lives instead of going to jail.

Magna Carta

king john signed this agreement that established the idea that the power of the monarch, or ruler, was limited

"Bue Laws"

laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality such as drinking acahol on Sundays (sabbath)

"Gentry "

people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility

"moderate punishment "

such as drunkenness and breaking the Sabbathwere punished with fines, short jail terms, or public humiliation

John Winthrop

the governor of Massachusetts.

New England Primer

the one book kept in schools which was used to teach the alphabet, syllables, and prayers

Puritans

wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church by making services simpler and doing away with ranks of authority.

" Courting "

when a man seeked the affections of awoman usually with a hope of marriage

"Frolics "

when colonists combined work and play.(to play around)

Quilting Bees

when women would get together and design large quilts combining work and play that could last days.

"weaker vessels"

woman fit for raising children, keeping a house put together and less able to learn at school