Colonial Life Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How were colonial govs set up and how did the Glorious Rev in England affect them?
The colonists governed themselves. The glorious rev in England affected them because the colonist could no longer govern themselves and they had to abide by King James the 2nd’s rules.

Describe the slave trade and how it affected the colonies:
The slave trade affected the colonies in a good way because it created a triangle trade which helped Europe get slaves from Africa to America.

Describe colonial trade and taxes:
Europeans participated in triangle trade were they carried goods from Europe to Africa to trade for slaves who were then shipped to America. The taxes: England believed in mercantilism so they made the colonists to have to buy English goods and that allow England to collect taxes.

Describe the commercial rev in the colonies:
Colonists lived on farms and didn’t have sugar and tea which made the British companies become more profitable.

Describe how the enlightenment affected the colonies:
The enlightenment affected the colonists in good ways, the enlightenment influenced them.

Describe the Great awakening in the colonies:
The Great awakening was a religious movement in the 1700’s where preachers traveled around giving sermons.

1. charter-legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
2. joint stock company-a company run by a group of investors who share the company’s profits and losses.
3. Powhatan-
4. House of Burgess-representative assembly of colonial Virginia formed in 1619.
5. Royal Colony-English colony that was under direct control of the Crown.
6. Proprietary Colony-English colony granted to an individual or group by the Crown.
7. Puritan-English Protestants who believed in strict religious discipline.
8. Separatist-group who wished to separate from the Anglicana Church to begin their own churches.
9. Pilgrim-English puritans who sought religious freedom and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.