APUSH 1754-1783 - Period 2 | Conjunto de Fichas

Pregunta	Respuesta
Act of Toleration	The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Christians, but it called for death of all non-Christians. It was created to provide a safe haven for Catholics.
Halfway covenant	People could now take part in church services and activities without making a formal commitment to Christ. It was created because the next generation of colonists were less committed to religious faith, but churches still needed members
Puritans	Group of dissenters that wanted to purify the Church of England. In 1630 they founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Boston.
Mayflower Compact	1620 - while they were sailing to America on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims created this document that pledged them to make decisions by the will of the majority. It was a rudimentary written constitution.
Bacon's Rebellion	Nathaniel Bacon led a group of army volunteers that raided Native American villages, fought the governor's forces, and set fire to Jamestown. The rebellion was caused by the Governor's unfair favoritism of large plantation owners and refusal to protect small farms from Native American raids
mercantillism	An economic policy in which the colonies were to provide raw materials to the parent country of growth and profit of the parent country.
Examples of colonial self- government	Mayflower Compact, Town Hall Meetings, House of Burgesses, elected representative assemblies, etc.

APUSH 1754-1783 - Period 2

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