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Quitrent (spelled many ways) is a rent paid by freeholders or copy-holders in lieu of services that could also be required.

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A constitution of sorts was written and adopted in 1669. It was amended 5 times before being repealed 40 years after the signing.

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Barbados is a country in the Caribbean. It is an independent British Commonwealth nation.

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A Proprietary Colony was a type of British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean. For the British, all land belonged to the ruler, and it was his responsibility to divide.

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The owner of a business or property.

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Quakers were those who were a member of the Religious Society of Friends. Central to the Quakers' belief is the doctrine of the “Inner Light,” or sense of Christ's direct working in the soul. This set them aside from other forms of worship.

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A person who supports the separation of a group of people from a larger community based on ethnicity, religion, or gender

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Puritans were people who wanted to "purify" or simplify the Church of England.

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A treaty signed that limited the power of King John of England.

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The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. In 1620, a British ship called the Mayflower, brought 120 "pilgrims" over from England.

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The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

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The middle colonies included Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. These colonies also had many religions.

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The New England Colonies included Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay, and Province of New Hampshire.

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The House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies. The first assembly met in a church in Jamestown.

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Indentured Servants were men and women who signed a contract to work for a certain amount of years in turn for their travels to the Americas, food, and shelter.

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A system used to attract new settlers o the region and address the labor shortage

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Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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Charles Town was the first successful colony in South Carolina

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San Felipe was a Spanish settlement built off of the ruins of Charlesfort. It was abandoned after 10 years because of Native American attacks and the survivors fled to St. Augustine.

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Charlesfort was the French's attempt of settling in South Carolina. It was established in the 1560s near Beaufort. With their leader unable to return, resources ran out and the survivors resorted to cannibalism on their way home.

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San Miguel de Gualdape was the Spanish's first attempt of South Carolina settlement. It was located near the Waccamaw river and Georgetown. The quick spread of malaria and swampy areas caused it to be abandoned.

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Hernan de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who traveled through South Carolina looking for gold.

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The Northwest Passage is a sea route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. This makes it much easier and quicker for marketing to go on in the north.

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Encomiendas are grants by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America giving them the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the natives.

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Conquistadors are conquerors, mostly Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Unit ll:Exploration and Settlement Vocab

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Unit ll:Exploration and Settlement Vocab