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13 Colonies
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Roanoke | first colonial settlement attempted by the English disappeared and no one knows what happened to them |
| Jamestown | first permanent and successful English settlement in the New World |
| Plymouth | Pilgrims settled in Plymouth |
| The Puritans | The Puritans wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England from within Puritans wanted to get away from the ideas of Catholicism Came to America to seek religious freedom |
| New England Colonies | Much of the soil wasn't good for growing crops, especially near the ocean. The main kind of food they contributed to the economy was fish. |
| Middle Colonies | The soil was fertile and they had a longer growing season. They grew wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. They were called the "breadbasket" because they grew so much food. |
| Southern Colonies | The soil was the richest in the colonies The growing season was the longest. Hot & humid climate Soil & climate conditions allowed southerners to grow cash crops. |
| Triangular Trade | The pattern of trade that developed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Rum, Sugar, Slaves made up one of the most tragic yet valuable ‘triangles’. |
| Voting Rights | only granted to white, land owning, Christian, males |
| Town Meetings | meetings to discuss issues within the colony occurred in New England and Middle colonies |
| Pilgrims | religious group called Separatists (they wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England) |
| Mayflower Compact | rules the Pilgrims created for the colony, created fair laws for all members of the colony; form of self-government |
| Self Government | The House of Burgesses (Jamestown) The Mayflower Compact (Plymouth) Town Meetings (New England) The League of the Iroquois (Native Americans) |
| Mercantilism | The belief that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country. England received cheap raw materials from the colonies, then sold manufactured products at a higher price. |
| Navigation Acts | stated that all goods must be carried on English ships, all goods had to be taxed by England then sold to the colonies. |
| The Middle Passage: | The horrific journey slaves were forced to take after being taken/kidnapped from Africa and taken to America horrible conditions |
| Slavery | In order to maximize profits, they used slaves from Africa to plant and harvest crops. They did not pay slaves and their treatment of them was inhuman. Slaves were chained together and many died from disease, malnutrition, and mistreatment. |
| Soil | New England Colonies: Much of the soil wasn't good for growing crops, especially near the ocean. Middle Colonies: The soil was fertile and they had a longer growing season. Southern Colonies: The soil was the richest in the colonies |
| Social | Religion, Interactions between people, beliefs, traditions |
| Economic | Having to do with jobs, production of goods, & trade |
| Political | Anything having to do with government |
| Diversity | including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds |
| Self government | government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony. |
| Representative government | A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions. |
| Cash crop | a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower made lots of profit |
| Plantation | an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor |
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