Question

vocabulary quick check
directions: use your notes to fill in the appropriate historical term described using the
word bank provided.

artisans
cavaliers
dissenters
entrepreneurs
great awakening
house of burgesses
indentured servants
mayflower compact
virginia company of london
mercantilism
middle passage
puritans
subsistence farming

1. document signed by the pilgrims that connected them under a make-shift

democratic style government and served as a legal basis for governing themselves.

1. english nobility who received large land grants in eastern virginia from the

king of england and therefore became important political and economic influencers in southern colonial society

1. name for the individuals who agreed to work as servants for a period of time

in return for passage to the new world or forgiveness of past debts.

1. joint-stock company that founded jamestown after king james granted a

charter in 1606 to plant a colony in virginia.

1. name for the assembly created by the jamestown colonists to propose laws

for themselves.

1. economic system used by imperial nations that created a system of

interdependence between the mother country and its colonies

1. the practice of farming only enough crops to feed ones own family. this

form of farming typically was done by small farmers who lived inland in the backcountry and in the rocky areas of
new england.

1. general term for people whose religious beliefs differ from those accepted

by the majority. for example, roger williams became this type of person when he challenged puritan beliefs and
fled massachusetts to form rhode island.

1. term for a skilled craftsman.

1. term for a business owner.

1. religious movement that swept through europe and the colonies during the

mid-1700s that led to the rapid growth of evangelical denominations and challenged established religious and
governmental orders.

1. european name for the terrible journey across the atlantic ocean in which

thousands of africans were shipped to the new world as slaves.

1. collective name for people who wanted to purify the anglican church of

catholic elements; they were a group of very strict christians who felt persecuted in england.

Explanation:

Each term is matched to its historical definition from the provided word bank, based on key details in each description.

Answer:

1. Mayflower Compact
2. Cavaliers
3. Indentured Servants
4. Virginia Company of London
5. House of Burgesses
6. Mercantilism
7. Subsistence farming
8. Dissenters
9. Artisans
10. Entrepreneurs
11. Great Awakening
12. Middle Passage
13. Puritans