Web Quest Unit 1 Words

1. missionary-member of a religious group that is sent to an area to carry on ministries of the word
2. viceroy-a royal official who runs a country or providence in the name or representative of the monarch
3. Northwest Passage-water route from Atlantic to pacific
4. Samuel De Champlain-French Explorer
5. charter-Document issued by sovereign
6. joint stock company-company which has some features of a partnership
7. Powhatan- The name of the Virginia Indian tribe in Jamestown
8. House of Burgess-lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia
9. Royal Colony-colony ruled by officials higher than other colonies
10. Proprietary Colony-Colony granted ownership
11. Puritan- colonist that came from new England
12. Separatist-group of people who separated themselves from the church
13. Pilgrim-same as puritan
14. Mayflower Compact-first governing document
15. John Winthrop-led group of puritains to establish massachussetts bay
16. Pequot War-war between england and pequot over control of the trade
17. King Phillip’s War-the war that broke out between the Indians and puritans
18. Bacon’s Rebellion-march of Nathaniel Bacon and his armed men
19. Pocahontas- daughter of the powahatan chief ma
20. Walter Raleigh - english explorer
21. Indentured servant-poor imagrants who paid for passage by agreeing to work
22. Triangular trade-trading system between North America, south America, and Africa
23. Magna Carta -document englished nobles forced King John to accept in 1215
24. English Bill of Rights- document guaranted a number amount of freedoms such as freedom of speech,right to bear arms, etc.
25. Habeas corpus -the idea that no one could be held in prison without being held for a specific charge
26. Salutary neglect- british policy which allowed colonies virtual self-rule as long as GB was gaining economically
27. Mercantilism-holds that a nation or an empire could build wealth and power by developing its industries and exporting manufactoring goods in exchange for gold and silver
28. Navigation Act -trade laws, stated only english ships woth english sailors could trade with english colonies
29. Enlightenment-movement headed by thinkers who beleived that all problems could be solved using human reason
30. Benjamin Franklin- conducted scientific experiments and envented numerous devices, including light rod and bifocal glasses
31. George Washington -was the commander of the continental army after seving as colonial officer in french and indian war, later became first president of USA
32. French Indian War -war french and indians vs. british, over land
33. Pontiac’s Rebellion -capturing of british troops by indians in ohio river and along the great lakes
34. Proclamation of 1763-document ordering colonial settlers to stay eastt of the appilation mountains
35. Albany Plan of Union -uniting of colonies under british rule
36. Stamp Act -act that required colonists to tax all printed documents
37. John Adams -lawyer from mass. who observed " our presses have groaned, our pulpits have thindered, our legislatures have resolved, our towns have voted4
38. Patrick Henry - member of house of burgesses an continental congress; famous for his words "give me liberty, or give me death"
39. Sons of Liberty-secrect organization of american patriots; very violent in demand for independence
40. non-importation agreement-agreement upon congress of the oppostion on the stamp act, townsend acts, and coercive acts
41. Boston Massacre -riot in which colonist rebelled against quartering of british troops in their homes
42. committee of correspondence -committee formed in 1772 by samuel adams in mas to keep colonists informed of british anticolonial actions and to plan colonial resistance
43. Boston Tea Party - when all the colonist dressed up as indians and dumped british tea over harbor in response to the taxing of tea
44. Intolerable Acts - response to the boston tea party
45. First Continental Congress - where colonist agreed to boycott all british goods and created a system to enforce the boycott
46. militia -body of citizen soldiers
47. Loyalist -british political party
48. Second Continental Congress - when congress got together to form an army under washingtons rule after the war had broken out
49. George Washington -was put in charge of leading colonist in the war against british; led them to victory
50. Thomas Paine- wrot ethe book common sense
51. Declaration of Independence -mostly written by thomas jefferson;
52. Thomas Jefferson -was the main person to write the declaration of independence
53. Natural Rights - rights given to colonist through the eclaration of inepenence; life liberty an the pursuit of happiness
54. Cornwallis -british military leader who surrenered in yorktown which granted the freedom of the colonist in 1781
55. Yorktown -where cornwallis surrendered in 1781 and colonist had won the fight for freedom
56. Saratoga-battle won by the colonist that convinced french to help them in the war