Web Quest Unit 1 Words

1. missionary- Catholic friars served as missionaries.
2. viceroy- During the 1530’s and 40’s the Spanish Crown divided the American empire into viceroyalties each ruled by a viceroy.
3. Northwest Passage-The French were interested in finding the Northwest Passage.
4. Samuel De Champlain-Samuel De Champlain is Quebec’s founder.
5. charter-After receiving a charter from the king the group formed a joint stock company.

6. joint stock company-Workers generated new wealth with the joint stock company.
7. Powhatan-Powhatan was an unusually powerful chief of the 1600’s.
8. House of Burgess-in 1619 Virginia granted political reforms and it allowed the planters to create the House of Burgess.c
9. Royal Colony-the royal colonies belonged to the Crown.
10. Proprietary Colony-Proprietary colonies belonged to powerful individuals or sometimes companies.
11. Puritan-Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England.
12. Separatist-Separatist wanted to be separate from the Puritans and form their own churches.
13. Pilgrim-the first puritan emigrants were called Pilgrims.
14. Mayflower Compact-The Mayflower Compact was created in the 1620’s.
15. John Winthrop-lead a large group of Puritans to America.
16. Pequot War-Rivalry over the fur trade lead to the Pequot War.
17. King Phillip’s War-in 1675 Indians rebelled. Metacom aka “King Phillip” led and plotted this rebellion.
18. Bacon’s Rebellion-After Berkley’s protest, Bacon and his men marched to Jamestown in a revolt.
19. Pocahontas- was the daughter of chief Powhatan. She started peace between the Indians and the Jamestown colonists.
20. Walter Raleigh-Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the wealthy gentlemen from southwestern England.
21. Indentured servant-Half of the migrants to the English colonies were indentured servants.
22. Triangular trade-The triangular trade became very popular in the 1700’s between Europe, Africa, and Americas.
23. Magna Carta-The Magna Carta protected English nobles by limiting the kings ability to tax them.
24. English Bill of Rights-William and Mary agreed to sign a English Bill of Rights.
25. Habeas corpus- The habeas corpus stated that no one could be held in prison without a specific crime.
26. Salutary neglect-The Glorious Revolution encouraged England to adopt salutary neglect.
27. Mercantilism-Mercantilism encouraged monarchs to minimize imports from rivals empires.
28. Navigation Act- The Navigation Acts stated that only English ships with English sailors could trade with English colonies.
29. Enlightenment-The Enlightenment challenged old ways of thinking.
30. Benjamin Franklin- Ben was one of the Enlightenment thinkers and he had a huger for knowledge.
31. George Washington-Washington lead the continental army.
32. French Indian War-The British colonists called the French and Indians conflict the French and Indian War.
33. Pontiac’s Rebellion-An uprising by the Indians in the Great Lakes region.
34. Proclamation of 1763-This document ordered colonial settlers to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains.
35. Albany Plan of Union- This plan called on the colonies to unite under British rule and to cooperate with each other in war.
36. Stamp Act-The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed materials.
37. John Adams-John Adams was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer.
38. Patrick Henry- Was a Virginia rep. who drafted a radical document known as the Virginia Resolves.