APUSH: AMSCO Unit 2 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH: AMSCO Unit 2 Study Guide with Complete Solutions corporate colonies - Answer️️ -operated by joint-stock companies; such as Jamestown royal colonies - Answer️️ -were under the direct authority and rule of the king's government; such as Virginia after 1624 proprietary colonies - Answer️️ -were under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king; such as Maryland and Pennsylvania Chesapeake colonies - Answer️️ -included Maryland and Virginia; chartered by King Charles I in 1632 George Calvert, Lord Baltimore - Answer️️ -was granted control of the new colony on either side of Chesapeake Bay as a reward for his loyal service to the crown; died before he could fulfill his twin ambitions of achieving great wealth in his colony while providing a haven for his fellow Catholics Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore - Answer️️ -George Calvert's son; control of the Maryland proprietorship passed to him in 1632, and he set about implementing his father's plan in 1634 Act of Toleration (1649) - Answer️️ -adopted in 1649; the first colonial statute granting religious freedom to all Christians (however, it also called for death of anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus) ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Virginia - Answer️️ -the first of England's colonies; struggled with a number of problems in the late 17th century, including low tobacco prices and a rebellion against the colonial government Sir William Berkeley - Answer️️ -the royal governor of Virginia; adopted policies that favored the large planters and used dictatorial powers to govern on their behalf; antagonized backwoods farmers on Virginia's western frontier because he failed to protect their settlements from Indian attacks Bacon's Rebellion - Answer️️ -led by Nathaniel Bacon; a rebellion against Berkeley's government, caused by resentment of the economic and political control exercised by a few large planters in the Chesapeake; succeeded in defeating the governor's forces and burning the Jamestown settlement indentured servant - Answer️️ -young person from the British Isles who agreed to work for a specified period under a contract with a master or landowner who paid for their passage; at the expiration of the specified period, they gained freedom headright system - Answer️️ -a system under which Virginia offered 50 acres of land to each immigrant who paid for his own passage and to any plantation owner who paid for an immigrant's passage slavery - Answer️️ -a system in which enslaved Africans were imported to provide labor for plantations; in the 1660s, laws were enacted that discriminated between blacks and whites Roger Williams - Answer️️ -went to Boston in 1631 as a respected Puritan minister; believed that the individual's conscience was beyond the control of any civil or church ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 authority, and he was banished from the Bay colony by other Puritan leaders--he founded the settlement of Providence in 1636 Providence - Answer️️ -founded by Roger Williams in 1636; recognized the rights of the Native Americans and paid them for the use of their land; provided complete religious toleration by allowing Catholics, Quakers, and Jews to worship freely Anne Hutchinson - Answer️️ -a dissident who questioned the doctrines of the Puritan authorities; she believed in antinomianism, and was banished from the Bay colony, founding the colony of Portsmouth in 1638 antinomianism - Answer️️ -the belief that faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation; the idea that provoked Anne Hutchinson's banishment from the Bay colony Rhode Island - Answer️️ -the combination of Providence and Portsm