Unit 1 Webquest

1.missionary: somebody sent to another country by a church to spread its faith or to do social and medical work

2.viceroy: a governor who represents a sovereign in a province, colony, or country

3.Northwest Passage: A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the
Arctic Archipelago of northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska

4.Samuel De Champlain: The father of New France, was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer

5.charter: a formal written statement describing the rights and responsibilities of a state and its citizens

6.joint stock company: A company which has some features of a corporation and some features of a partnership

7.Powhatan: Algonquian leader who founded the Powhatan confederacy and maintained peaceful relations with English

8.House of Burgess: The lower house of the legislature in colonial Virginia.

9.Royal Colony: A colony as, administered by a royal governor and council appointed by the British crown

10.Proprietary Colony: Any of certain early North American colonies, such as Carolina and Pennsylvania, organized in the 17th century in territories

11.Puritan: A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries

12.Separatist: One who secedes or advocates separation, especially from an established church; a sectarian or separatist.

13.Pilgrim: A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place. One who embarks on a quest for something conceived of as sacred

14.Mayflower Compact: a document signed aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620, set forth principles of tolerance and liberty for the government

15.John Winthrop: colonial military leader and governor. Born the son of the governor of Connecticut

16.Pequot War: decisive conflict between English colonists in Massachusetts and the Pequots in 1636

17.King Phillip’s War: Bloodiest conflict between American colonists and Indians in 17th-century New England

18.Bacon’s Rebellion: High taxes, low prices for tobacco, and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor

19.Pocahontas: a Native American woman, who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan of the Powhatan tribe

20.Walter Raleigh: English courtier who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)

21.Indentured servant: a person who gets paid but is on a contract and can't quit untill the contract is over

22.Triangular trade: Europeans sent over goods to Africa, in exchange for slaves, which then were send to the Americas

23.Magna Carta: A document or piece of legislation that serves as a guarantee of basic rights.

24.English Bill of Rights: An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown

25.Habeas corpus: One of a variety of writs that may be issued to bring a party before a court or judge, having as its function the release of the party from unlawful restraint

26.Salutary neglect: to not enforce laws, particularly where the enforcement may have counterproductive results.

27.Mercantilism: is an economic theory that holds the prosperity of a nation is
dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable."

28.Navigation Act: a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies

29.Enlightenment: a philosophical movement of the eighteenth century which stressed human reasoning over blind faith or obedience and was thus in contrast with much of the religious and political order of the day, while also encouraging 'scientific' thinking.

30.Benjamin Franklin: printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)

31.George Washington: General that led the American Colonies into victory from the british, first USA president.

32.French Indian War: war between the French and British, each side aided by different Indian tribes, that formed part of the North American Seven Years Wars

33.Pontiac’s Rebellion: a war launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes

34.Proclamation of 1763: Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.

35.Albany Plan of Union: It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purpose

36.Stamp Act : In 1765 the British Parliament imposed a direct tax upon the colonies. The object was to defray the expenses of the French or border war from 1755

37.John Adams: Second president of the United States

38.Patrick Henry: a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

39.Sons of Liberty: a secret organization of American patriots which originated in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution

40.non-importation agreement: series of commercial restrictions adopted by American colonists to protest British revenue policies prior to the American Revolution

41.Boston Massacre: refers to an incident involving the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770

42.committee of correspondence: List of 1632 series institutions and organizations encompasses both fictional and historical governmental, private and military entities, offices, institutions, and organizations that appear in the rich and diverse neo-historical background of the plot lines that make up the shared universe

43.Boston Tea Party: demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea

44.Intolerable Acts: Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the Coercive Acts in 1774. They were unjust acts in that they intended to punish Boston

45.First Continental Congress: The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen British North American colonies that met on September 5

46.militia: an organization that operates like an army but whose members are not professional soldiers

47.Loyalist: a person who remains firm in their support for a government or ruler

48.Second Continental Congress: a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning in May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia

49.George Washington: 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

50.Thomas Paine: American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported colonies

51.Declaration of Independence: the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britian

52.Thomas Jefferson: 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out

53.Natural Rights: rights, freedoms and privileges which are such a basic part of human nature that they cannot be taken away

54.Cornwallis: commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

55.Yorktown: a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution

56.Saratoga: a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated