Unit One Terms
Instructions: These are NOT just definitions or vocabulary. Each term should
identify the who, what, when, where and why and then explain how the term is
significant to the historical time period we are currently discussing in the course.
(Some terms can be found in the text while others require outside research).
These terms are most beneficial to you when 1. YOU do the work (and don’t
borrow them from a neighbor) 2. You don’t wait until the last minute (complete
them as we go over them in class or read them in the text).
God, gold and glory
Encomienda
Mestizo
Black Legend
Iroquois Confederation
Proprietary, royal and charter
colonies
Mercantilism
House of Burgesses
Indentured servants
Headright system
Pilgrims/Separatists
Mayflower Compact
William Bradford
Puritans
City on a Hill
Great Puritan Migration
Harvard College
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Bacon’s Rebellion
King Phillips’ War
Peter Zenger Trial
Trade and Navigation Acts
New England Confederation
Phyllis Wheatley
Halfway Covenant
Salem Witch Trials
Middle Passage
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Freedom of consciences
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitfield
Salutary neglect
Albany Plan
French and Indian War