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jamestown
English colony was establish to provide profit for the mother country. it was only after tabacco, an import cahss crop was established that jamestown became a succes. -
House of burgeases
This colonial governing body allowed the colonist their first taste of self-goverment representatives from each burgess or distric would meet and establish taxes and laws for their area. -
Mayflower compact
law granting religuis freedom to all christians (protestant and catholic) living in the maryland colony -
Fundanmental orders of connecticut
First written constitution by a colony limited the power of goverment majority rule, consent of the governor(the people), protected minority rights. -
Mercantilism
economy system that was benefitial to the home/mother country because of favorable trade became(more exports than imports), acccumulation of wealth. -
Triangular trade
New england merchants traded basic supplies with the west indies in return for sugar and molases,(wich could be made into run). -
Maryland toleration
law grating religous freedom to all christians(protestant and catholic)living in the maryland colony. -
Navigation Acts
England felt that the American colonies were gaining great profit throught overseas trade and wanted greater share profit. these acts stricly enforced polices that established britain as the middlenan in colonial trade. -
John peter zenger
was caused of sedition and libel by a royal official who took offense to the nwes paper man s criticsm of limits on free expension. -
Great Awakening
Mny coloniest began expresing their religuis ideas thrugh new churches other than the church of england or anglican church. -
French and indian war
England and france have been warring on and off for ever one hunder years.this time around, the America colonist want to expand onto the ohio valley and canada. -
Albany plan of union
Benjamin frankin s attemped to umite volunteers from all colonies to establish a common defense. -
Procamation of 1763
In an attemped to sttle the natives along the frontier, england banned al colonial sttlement past the Appalachain Mountains. -
Stamp Act
England latest attemped to get money fro the colonies comes in the form of direct tax on a variety of goods.