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Puritans
Protestants who wished to "purify " the Anglican Church of all Catholic rituals and traditions. -
Mercantilism
An economic systyem in which a nations power is tied to its stock. -
JamesTown
Some 100 men recruited be the london company chose a location near a river as a place for settlement, naming it jamestown in honor of thier king. -
John Smith
John Smith is an adventurous explorer, mapmaker, and soilder. -
Indentured Servant
A person that someone paid to go to JamesTown for their land. This person whom came was bound for a period of years to the person who paid his or her way to america. -
Pilgrims
People who had left England because of religious conflict. -
Bacons Rebellion
An attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia. -
Glorious Revolution
A protestant opposition staged a bloodless rebellion. -
Great Awakening
A series of religios revivals that swept through the britsh colonies. -
Enlightenment
Revolution in ideas that swept across Europe.