APUSH Chapter 2 Flashcards

A law established by following earlier judicial decisions.

The birthright of the oldest son to inherit the family estate.

<p>A company made up of a group of shareholders who contribute money and share profits and debts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The revolution against James II where Parliament won, and Mary and William of Orange ruled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Granted Puritans, but not Catholics, the right of free public worship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first permanent English settlement in North America.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mayor of Jamestown who put lazy people to work during the summer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The daughter of Powhatan who acted as an intermediary between settlers and Indians.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A policy granting land to individuals who came to Virginia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The governor of Virginia at the time of Bacon's Rebellion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rebellion in 1676 led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor Berkeley's policies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A colony owned and ruled by one person chosen by a king or queen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The founder of the colony of Maryland as a refuge for Catholics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A subgroup of the Puritans who vowed to break completely with the Church of England.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A formal agreement made by Pilgrim leaders to abide by their own laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agreement between two nations or people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Pilgrim and the second governor of Plymouth colony who helped the colony survive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Protestant sect in England hoping to purify the Anglican church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A colony settled by the Puritans, eventually becoming Boston.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, instrumental in forming its government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She preached that God communicated directly to individuals and was forced to leave Massachusetts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Puritan minister who led settlers to Connecticut for more government limits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A conflict in 1637 where colonists killed 700 Pequots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of assaults by King Philip on English settlements from 1675-1676.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A war in the Carolinas between the Tuscarora Indians and the colonists.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A war caused by settlers charging Indians high prices and cheating them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A kinship system in which only the mother's relatives are significant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A vast Dutch feudal estate fronting the Hudson River granted to promoters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Articles written to give New Holland to the British.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660.</p> Signup and view all the answers