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Chapter 3
American Colonies take shape
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indentured Servant | Poor immigrants who works for another in order to pay for his passage to America |
| Scotch-Irish | These immigrants to America often settled on the frontier |
| Germans | These immigrants often settled in Pennsylvania |
| Middle Passage | The route between Africa and America taken by enslaved Africans |
| Magna Carta | English document that limited the power of the King |
| Parliament | The legislative body in England |
| The Dominion of New England | King James II's attempt to impose his rule on the Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey |
| Salutary Neglect | The English policy of allowing the colonies to govern themselves |
| John Peter Zenger | This trial affirmed freedom of the press in America |
| Mercantilism | This economic way of thinking defined wealth as gold received by exporting goods. |
| Navigation Acts | Laws that required the English colonies to trade with England |
| Enlightenment | An intellectual movement of the 1700s that emphasized using reason to solve problems |
| Great Awakening | A religious movement in the English colonies that brought a renewed interest in Christianity |
| John Locke | English philosopher who identified the role of government is to protect our God given rights |
| Ben Franklin | An American scholar/thinker/businessman who embodied the Enlightenment in America |
| Fish | An important export from New England |
| Wheat | An important export from the Middle Colonies |
| Tobacco | An important export from the South |
| Cash Crops | Crops that are grown for the sole purpose of selling |
| Women and Children | These were some of the immigrants who moved to New England in the 1600s |
| Dame schools | A school run by an older woman |
| Harvard | The oldest college in the US |
| Princeton | The oldest college in New Jersey |
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