Parker U.S. History Definitions
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- League of the Iroquois
- Powerful confederation consisting of five Eastern Indian Tribes who sided with the British against the French, driving the French from North America
- Cortes
- Conquered the Aztecs
- Burgesses
- Representatives that make laws for the colony.
- Pilgrims
- Adverturers eager to improve their lives by settling new lands.
- Toleration Act
- Provided freedom of worship in Maryland.
- Quaker
- Radical religious and social groups of Protestants.
- Cash Crop
- Crops grown and sold for profit.
- Tidewater
- Plantations in Virginia, located along the James, Potomac, Rappahannock & York rivers.Very rich.
- Piedmont
- Araea of Virginia, beyond the Tidewater area that was forest and rolling hills settled by poor farmer sand former indentured servants. It was overtaxed by the Tidewater area.
- Bacon's Rebellion
- Rebellion of Piedmont farmers against unfiar taxation from the Tidewater group.
- Middle Passage
- Passage of slaves from Africa to the colonies. Slaves were sandwiched in and many did not survive the voyage.
- Artisans
- People skilled in trade.
- New England Colonies
- Main, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
- South Colonies
- Colonies located soth of Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
- Middle Colonies
- Located south of New England, North of Virginia including New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware and New Jersey.
- Mayflower Compact
- Laws approved by the majority.