Bacon's Rebellion - Nathaniel Bacon leads followers against corrupt VA governor William Berkeley but dies suddenly (in 1676). It helped to decrease the power of the plantation-elites and to improve life for yeoman farmers and indentured servants but lead to importation of slave labor.
Halfway Covenant - People could now take part in church services and activities without making a formal commitment to Christ (1660) Caused by: The next generation of colonists were less committed to religious faith, but churches still needed members
Religious Toleration - Massachusetts was the least tolerant in matters of religion, excluding non-Christians and Catholics. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were the most liberal
Social Mobility (American Dream) - Everyone in colonial society, except African Americans, could improve their status/standard of living with hard work
Toleration Act (1649) - Law that granted religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland
Great Awakening - Religious revival begun in the 1730s by British minister George Whitefield
Great Migration - 1620-1640 the migration in this period of English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the warm islands of the West Indies
Middle Passage - harsh transportation of African slaves to Americas
Puritans - mainly in the Massachusetts colony, strict teaching of Christianity, left England because of the Church
Indentured Servants - paid to go to the New World and work for a person for a few years, then able to be free and gain land
Halfway Covenant - People could now take part in church services and activities without making a formal commitment to Christ (1660) Caused by: The next generation of colonists were less committed to religious faith, but churches still needed members
Religious Toleration - Massachusetts was the least tolerant in matters of religion, excluding non-Christians and Catholics. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were the most liberal
Social Mobility (American Dream) - Everyone in colonial society, except African Americans, could improve their status/standard of living with hard work
Toleration Act (1649) - Law that granted religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland
Great Awakening - Religious revival begun in the 1730s by British minister George Whitefield
Great Migration - 1620-1640 the migration in this period of English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the warm islands of the West Indies
Middle Passage - harsh transportation of African slaves to Americas
Puritans - mainly in the Massachusetts colony, strict teaching of Christianity, left England because of the Church
Indentured Servants - paid to go to the New World and work for a person for a few years, then able to be free and gain land