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Give me Liberty 2023/2024 CHAPTERS 1-6 (100% verified)
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Give me Liberty CHAPTERS 1-6Virginia Company - ANSJoint-Stock Company in London that received a charter for land in the
new world. Charter guarantees new colonists same rights as people back in England.
Indentured Servent - ANSlaborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in
exchange for passage to America
John Smith - ANSEnglish explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia
Dominion of New England - ANS1686 - The British government combined the colonies of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed
by a royal governor (Andros). The Dominion ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and
drove out Governor Andros.
John Winthrop - ANS1588-1649 First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
Great Migration - ANS(WW) , movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south
into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
Metacom - ANSAka King Philip, Native American ruler, who in 1675 led attack on colonial
villages throughout Massachusetts
Daughters of Liberty - ANSAn organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution
They got together to protest treatment of the colonies by their British Rulers
Writs of Assistance - ANSIt was part of the Townshend Acts. It said that the customs officers
could inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason. Colonists protested that the Writs violated
their rights as British citizens.
Declaration of Independence - ANSthe document recording the proclamation of the second
Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great
Britain
Battle of Saratoga - ANS(1777) Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important
because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits,
ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most
importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great
Britain.
Stamp Act - ANS1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents,
newspapers, etc.
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